Lacey did well through the night, and continues to do well today. Her vitals look great. She is doing much better post-op for this surgery than for her previous 2 surgeries.
She is still a bit puffy from surgery. To try to get rid of the puffiness, they started a diuretic earlier this morning, and she is responding well so far.
Because she is still puffy, they will not extubate this morning. However, as part of the standard extubation process, she received a steroid to reduce inflammation in her throat. She is still on full ventilator support, but she manages to sneak in her own breath every now and then. If the swelling goes down they will pull the breathing tube this afternoon.
She had 1 femoral line removed overnight, and they expect to remove more lines through the day.
She has had a few small temperatures, which are assumed to be standard post-surgical fevers.
She even had some awake time this morning, and is awake as I type this. She's not too alert, and not too happy, but she did manage to crack a smile once or twice.
2 comments:
Praise God! He is so good and has blessed you all so much. We give thanks to Him for Lacey's great prognosis. How great a Thanksgiving this will be. We love you all.
I could not wait to get home from work and check on Lacey.I am so thankful she is doing so well.We continue to pray for her and entire family.
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