Just got home from the hospital. I spent 4 hours with my mom today for the most she was sleeping very comfortably no alarms going off today at all (yesterday alarms were blaring all day). The started with Christian waiting to see the elusive doctor, who didn't come while we were there, the decision being made not to attempt to remove the breathing tube today...I was happy about that. It is hard to watch your mom when you know that she is in pain. Today she also had a female nurse after 30 hours of male nurses...it is funny the difference....today she was lotioned and soft music was played for her to drown out all the loud noises of the ICU and her room was totally straightened up - nothing like a women's touch.
Her ventilator was turned down so that she is initiating the inhales and today she was given a diuretic to see if her kidneys would work and they..........did....it is funny but Sonia and I were clapping like the first time our kids pee'd - but right now this are great steps as the surgeon had told us that she was in kidney failure and that she might need temporary dialysis something I know my mom would have hated. The nurses work hard to keep her meds up and I have learned that it is a very fine balance of pain meds and sleep meds.....you learn a lot just sitting in the room.
All in all a good day hopefully for her too
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