Nana had a good day today. Laura found out that the dialysis they did last night got three liters of fluid off of her. There's still plenty of fluid left, and they'll be performing another dialysis on her tomorrow. One of the things they need to do is fix the electrolytes. Laura was trying to find out if it was too high or too low, but it's something they need to keep an eye on while doing her dialysis.
Nana's breathing was much easier today, but her blood pressure is still low. We went to visit her around 3:30 this afternoon. Since only two people can visit at any one time in the ICU, Laura and our youngest son went in first. I waited in a nearby waiting room with our other son. We were in there for 30 minutes or so when Laura came out, and we went in.
Nana was awake when we went in, but fell asleep seemingly mid sentence. She woke up a few minutes later, and apologized for falling asleep. We spoke a little more, and then she was out like a light. After we left, Nana was telling Laura that she's very tired of being in the hospital.
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| Nana's monitor in the ICU |
The graphic here is a cell-phone photo of Nana's monitor. The number in green is her pulse, the number in light blue is oxygen, and the number in white is breaths per minute. Her blood pressure is at the bottom left with her pulse in ( ). Laura says that the 107 is pretty good for her, but the 57 is low.
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