Hi all friends and readers,
Today was a long, tumultuous, stressful day. Important decisions were made by Anne, and this afternoon she went thru yet another procedure. She came thru it as you'd expect, like a trooper, with flying colors.
Anne was finally taken for the procedure at 2:00pm. She was taken to the procedure room down in interventional radiology. She came out of it around 5pm. At the moment, 7:15pm, she's still very drowsy. The procedure of installing 2 stents near the liver and heart, to create a channel for the Inferior Vena Cava was a success.
She's just now taking her first drink of the day, first water, then she asked for her mango-pineapple smoothy which was on standby in the freezer. We're just listening to some TV and waiting to see if she becomes interested in the turkey dinner that's been delivered for her. The pumpkin pie looks good, and she has a serving of humus too.
The doctors had said they would go in thru the groin to install the stent, but they went in from a spot near the clavicle as well, and they installed not one but 2 stents. The doctor came to see us after he was done and reported that it came out just as good as it possibly could have. He was pleased. He said on entry, they discovered that the IVC was completely ecluded (sp?), or closed. Now it is freed up and fully operational.
Since Anne has been back in the room here we've been pretty amazed in watching the generous flow of urine thru the catheter. The IV lasix will not be given tonight. I'm sure Dr. Ebrahim is hoping that maybe Anne's body will be able to process and expell the fluid on it's own. In terms of the bodily fluid problem, the future is bright.
Yesterday as Anne pondered the stent procedure she was saying 'why not'. Today, this morning fairly early, the doctors showed up to talk with and console Anne, and to get her decision. She was much more unsure and anxious about it today than yesterday. I can't blame her. She was especially brave to make the 'go' decision, and I'm very proud of her considering what she's gone thru today.
She asked for pain meds around 7:15pm, saying the pain was not the usual belly pain, rather that it felt as though it was a different pain from the procedure. The nurse brought her some Dilloted and she is comfortable with that now.
It's time for me to shove off for the night. I'm grateful for all of your prayers and concerns.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
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