Friday, October 2, 2009

ZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Not a lot to report from my visit, because Linda slept the whole time. I asked the nurse if that was OK, because in the past they've asked us to keep her up, but he said that it's fine. So I let her saw logs to her heart's content. If you can't sleep away a lazy Friday, what good is a stay in the ICU anyway?

She did wake up for about 8 minutes on the Passy-Muir valve, which knocked her right back out.

Also, we got news about her thoracentesis from yesterday. They were only able to do one side, and hope to do they other side later today. Even so, they pulled out 600 ml. That's 20 oz. of fluid they found in her chest cavity, just on one side, preventing her lungs from expanding. Think about that the next time you're drinking a 20 oz. bottle of soda, that's a little scary, isn't it?

20 oz bottles

Poor thing!
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  1. Renee NefeOctober 2, 2009 at 6:16 PM

    perhaps it was the thoracentesis that wore her out so much. too bad they didn't do the other side while she was already sleeping.

    Her progress reports sound so good. Get some rest.

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  2. JenOctober 2, 2009 at 6:28 PM

    The weird thing about the thoracentesis yesterday is that they did it last night after 10pm! No wonder she can't get day and night straightened out! That just seemed weird to me. Obviously it wasn't an emergency, because they'd ordered it 12 hours earlier.

    I will call after shift change today and see if they've done the other side yet, or they're doing it late tonight again.

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