Day 4 - April 14th.

First thing in the morning they tried to have Jan go to the bathroom, which included getting on her feet, walking to the toilet, sitting, and walking back. Again, with a great deal of help, effort, and pain, she was able to do it.

In the morning they moved her out of the ICU and into a regular hospital room. Prior to doing this, they disconnected her from the morphine pump. By the time they were rolling her bed to the new room, her pain was increasing (she could feel every bump the bed went over). Arriving at the new room, they moved her from the transport bed to her new bed. That move was very painful. They gave her some new pain medication that got the pain under control again. They then took her in her bed to have her neck Xray'd (a follow up for the surgery of the day before), and then returned her up to her room. She felt reduced discomfort.

Upon returning to the room, she found lunch waiting for her (she hadn't eaten since before the accident, although after the surgery she could have all the fluid she wanted). She relished the soup, turkey sandwich, and dessert (as well as the dinner that followed later).

It was discovered that because of her two broken ribs her breathing had been quite shallow for over two days. This resulted in a small amount of fluid in her lungs. She now had a small case of pnuemonia. They started her on breathing exercises, which they did several times during the day.

Later in the afternoon, they tried to get her on her feet again, but she was so exhausted that she couldn't stand up. The best she could do was sit on the bedside. She spent the rest of the day resting and sleeping.