Lauri was out of the bed and walking today. She has been walking laps around the nurses station about three times a day, beginning today. She is very tired, barely able to keep her eyes open. She actually falls asleep in the middle of doing things (she is already lying down of course), which gives me and her mother a good laugh... You may find that cruel, until you witness it yourself... Just imagine you are about to do somethi...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Anyway, the Anesthesiologists are continuing to try to find the right dose of pain medication for Lauri. They do not want to give her too much like they had before, but we also don't want to have too little. They are converging on a solution with the epidural, and have been using IV pain medications when the pain gets to be a little too much. On the whole, Lauri has been in little pain. She usually feels uncomfortable when she has to do her breathing excercises and walks. Can't imagine why that is...
We saw the Surgeon again this morning. He says Lauri's lung is healing nicely. He hopes to be able to remove her chest tube (used to drain fluid from the surgical area) as soon as tomorrow evening, but more likely on Saturday.
Lauri got some good rest today and will hopefully get some more tonight. Last night the alarms and beeps from her medication pumps kept us both up nearly all night. Hopefully things work out better this evening.
3 comments:
Thanks SO much for keeping us all updated. It's such a relief to hear how Lauri is doing. Please let us know if we can do anything for you!
I am so glad Lauri is doing so well. Of course, it doesn't surprise me a bit, I always knew she was a fighter. I'm keeping you both in my prayers. Thanks for keeping us update. Tell Lauri, I'm sending a hug for her. Love you guys.
Sorry Jeff, that's me the anonymous one. I hit send to soon. Traci
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