Well folks it is now Wednesday the 14th! Happy Birthday to Brenda!
0910 Amelia did ok overnight with all of her 97 tubes and the pain of the surgery. She slept a bit here and there but is still tired this morning. She is hurting quite a bit, but they have her on some good pain medicines and are taking care of her well.
With her labs early this morning it is interesting. The few that have been going up an up with her kidney failing, are actually going down today. Her new kidney seems to be working already and that is fantastic!
We are sitting here now still in the ICU waiting for the doctors to come and tell us how much longer she will be here and when she can go up to the floor.
0920- well the nephrologist is here now with the pharmacist….
well, she is on the right path. They are going to work on getting her IV meds stable and consistent and get off of some of her blood pressure meds, and on to other ones. That is what is keeping her in the ICU for now. She has been drinking water all night so that is good. She will be able to eat in a little while and then start to get up and move around. They have to get the pain under control and help control her nausea.
It is coming, but slow. The surgeons and more doctors will be here in a little bit to discuss further. More to come as we know it.
Coming to you tired but live, 1 day into the new kidney,
-Justin
