It was a very long night. Lauren received round the clock incredible care. These all made me feel so much better.
Surgery went well. The pediatric surgeon who placed the catheter said that it was tough and took a while, but got it placed in her jugular. That way it has a straighter path to heart to drain, rather than having a bend like the previous. the neuro surgeon on call, said that things went well on his end too. He could not believe how much pressure she had in her head. He said it was quite impressive and could not imagine how awful that must have felt.
Lauren has been sleeping since surgery. She has opened her eyes tow or three times briefly, but for the most part is OUT!
She still has a considerable amount of bruising in the head, neck and chest. She also remains swollen, but we are anticipating it will go down soon.
She is not urinating as much as we would like and they could not get her cathed to drain. Just watching very closely. I am actually concerned at this point, but am aware that it will probably be OK, just I can't feel at ease about it.
She had a renal ultra sound and another to find and monitor the flow to her main arteries that run through her lower tummy to her legs. They said they weren't really popping up too well on CT, so they just wanted to make sure they were OK.
Hopefully she is just a bit dehidrated from going NPO and the surgery. I pray this is it!!!
ReplyDeleteSo glad surgery went well and hope everything else is okay too. I know the waiting and wondering is horrible. I'm sure she will feel much better now the fluid is being drained away again. She is such a little star. X
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