Hello Everyone,
Sorry that it has been awhile since our last post. I am sure that you are anxious to know more! That is how we have been feeling too. The last few days have been a balancing act between diuretics, feedings, and weaning pain medications. We hear, "Let's move forward". "Let's slow down". "Let's go backwards" and then the other one, "Let's do nothing and see what happens".
Natalie is doing very well when it comes to her heart and how it is adapting to the changes in circulation. It's the pain medicine and the 12 other drugs that she is on that are holding us back. One drug makes her pee, so we need 2 other drugs to help her maintain her potassium. One makes her sick, so we give another one to stop making her sick. Where does it all end? It's been a battle to say the least. With that said, we hope that in the next few days, we are able to wean her off of some of the heavy diuretics and pain meds. I don't think that she is experiencing much pain any longer, but her body has gotten used to having them and it's a slow process to wean her from them.
She is doing very well and we are very hopeful to be home soon. Brad and I have been taking turns staying at the hospital to make sure that we are involved in what goes on and be there for Natalie. We didn't stay overnight in the ICU. Now that we are in the recovery, she doesn't get her own nurse. Gee, I guess that's all we can get for 5K a night. Staying at the hospital also means no sleep for one of us and the other one gets to go home and do laundry and other chores. Mostly we try to get enough sleep to stay sane. The days really do fly by.
Sorry that I don't have any photos tonight. We will post some from the last few days tomorrow.
Thank you so much to all our family and friends who have continued to pray, and send cards and support and care packages our way. This really has been a team effort! Thank you so much.
I will share more tomorrow!!!
Good Night all!
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