Its taken a whole lot of meds to get our little miss Shawna to 'relax'. Seriously. The list is endless but includes Versed, morphine drip (titrated up at least 3 times in the last two hours), Ativan, and morphine push (which is just extra morphine).
She is responding as expected. She has a fever and her heart rate is high, so they packed her in ice and gave her Tylenol. Her blood pressure was low, so they gave her some more of Dan's blood left over from the bypass machine. (Side note: Dan now claims to be her blood relative!! Cute!!). Her sinus rhythm, which was previously normal, has a few issues (she is missing the P wave). All this is normal or at least expected post surgery stuff.
But the most surprising thing? She is super wiggly. Moving all around, especially when she hears my voice. Good from a bonding and neurological prospective. Bad for healing, primarily because she is trying to pull out her chest tube. So, her meds have been constantly adjusted during the past 4 hours. And she finally appears to have settled a bit. Poor thing.
Dan has left for home and I'm going to try to get some sleep. More tomorrow.
Good night,
Lori
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{HUG} I have a friend whose daughter responded similarly to Shawna...and eventually, once they figured out what she needed med wise, it was fine.
ReplyDeletePraying for a GOOD night for all of you!!!!
Hang in there you guys!! This will all be a memory soon enough. I know, I know, the sooner the better; right? Still prayin' here!
ReplyDeletePraying for you all! I love the "blood-relative" comment. Funny!
ReplyDeleteSo very happy to hear that all is well. I have been following you on RQ!! And now will be scheduling all procedures on the 13th!! ;-) Big Hugs To All with an extra to your little peanut. She is sooooo precious!!
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