Monday was a good day. Nana got moved from ICU to PCU in the morning. She had another (and much shorter) dialysis session sometime before Laura went to see her. Some of Nana's friends visited for about an hour, which is always a good thing. The biggest good news yesterday was when Nana called around 9pm to say that one of her doctors confirmed that her heart went into a normal heartbeat rhythm (not a-fib)!
Tuesday was good then turned kind of so-so. Nana had a busy day--some more friends visited. She's able to get up and out of bed when she needs. She had a really good lunch today and ate just about everything.
Dr. C came by and said that Nana's kidneys are doing much better. Nana's heart doctor came by and listened to her heartbeat, and everything seemed to be in order. Her heart is still in normal heartbeat rhythm. Dr. M - thinks she might get out in 2-3 days.
This afternoon, they took out Nana's PICC line. The area on her arm was starting to turn red and puffy, and an infection is suspected. If she didn't pick up this infection, she might have been released tomorrow.
The IV to dialysis catheter connection is leaking, which is a bit concerning. Laura said the nurses were going to change the bandages and see if that helps. They are trying to avoid putting in an IV line in her arm since they just took the PICC line out (and her left arm is sort of reserved for a more permanent dialysis connection).
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Another rough day for Nana
After a bad night and having a breathing tube installed and removed, Nana had a pretty rough day. Let's see...she had some visitors, which is a good thing. Our pastor stopped by for a visit, as well as some of her friends. Nana was in and out of sleep today, and it seemed that she was waking up with fresh memories of her dream as she would say things like she was falling out of the chair, or that the cough drop was on the bed.
She had a PICC line installed this afternoon. It's a lot more invasive than a port, but it should make it easier for the nurses to draw blood or administer needed drugs without having to jab her with another needle.
Laura said that the high doses of diuretic that she'd been given wasn't getting the extra fluids off of her like they should. Nana's kidneys aren't getting enough blood to remove the fluid. Nana decided that she wanted to go through dialysis to help her kidneys out. When Laura left tonight, they had come to install the catheters to hook Nana up to the dialysis machine. They did start the dialysis sometime tonight. Aunt D was there and stayed with Nana until 10:45pm. She said that Nana was doing okay with the dialysis and that it didn't hurt her.
Laura came home just before 7pm, and pretty much crashed. She'd been at the hospital with Nana since around 10am. Hopefully tonight will be better and tomorrow will be better still.
She had a PICC line installed this afternoon. It's a lot more invasive than a port, but it should make it easier for the nurses to draw blood or administer needed drugs without having to jab her with another needle.
Laura said that the high doses of diuretic that she'd been given wasn't getting the extra fluids off of her like they should. Nana's kidneys aren't getting enough blood to remove the fluid. Nana decided that she wanted to go through dialysis to help her kidneys out. When Laura left tonight, they had come to install the catheters to hook Nana up to the dialysis machine. They did start the dialysis sometime tonight. Aunt D was there and stayed with Nana until 10:45pm. She said that Nana was doing okay with the dialysis and that it didn't hurt her.
Laura came home just before 7pm, and pretty much crashed. She'd been at the hospital with Nana since around 10am. Hopefully tonight will be better and tomorrow will be better still.
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