Day 2 post op was fine. She was a little more uncomfortable than the day before. Dr. Alam feels that her bladder is having spasms. They are giving her Valium every 8 hours, but she is still not settled. She is needing a lot more pain meds to take the edge away. She doesn't really like to move around, but it is important for her to start doing it! We played in bed a little bit and she watched a whole lot of tv! It was just a slow day with nothing major to report on. Her NG tube is hardly sucking anything out and the drain in her stomach is also producing close to nothing. These are all great signs. Her urine is becoming less bloody and more like normal urine. The one issue at this point is her blood pressure. We can't get it down. We struggle with her blood pressure anyways, so this is nothing new. She is on 4 different meds for her blood pressure. 2 of them are IV drips, so we are stuck in ICU until these drips can be taken off. At this moment, her blood pressure is where they want it. We just need it to stay like that so we can decrease the drips. I am hopeful that tomorrow is her day to move to the floor. The only other thing we need to happen is her bowels to wake up! When she starts passing gas, they can start her on liquids. This will be a big milestone for us in the recovery process.
We had a little hiccup in our plans this week. My grandfather passed away Tuesday night and his funeral is on Saturday. We are trying to figure out how to get to the funeral with our family but keep someone with Hannah that can advocate for her needs and is current on her status. Hopefully she will be out of ICU, and a little more stable before the funeral.
This is a little gift she got from Rick's cousin. She had fun playing with her balloon and making a princess purse!
The PT brought her this tiara to bribe her out of bed. It didn't work, but she loved the tiara!
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