BLUF: Rainey moved out of ICU!!! She is now on the 9th floor, room 906. NO VISITORS yet, please. Check back on the blog around 4:00, and we’ll let you know.
LONGER STORY: Rainey got her chest tube pulled out around noon. Rainey’s IVs were no longer working, so she had the option of getting another IV put in, or just trying to go without morphine for the procedure and just do Tylenol with codeine. The way they made it sound, the whole thing was going to be really quick, so I think given the description, Rainey made the right choice – let’s roll without the IV, which sounded worse than the procedure.
Lies. All lies.
In order to get it out, they had to tug. Yes, tug. And the damn thing was about 1 ½ feet long – it wrapped around her heart. She yelled at the nurse, “I didn’t do anything to you! Why are you doing this to me?????” Yeah she wasn’t too happy.
Our little baby is all grown up to the 9th FLOOR!!! She’s graduated from the ICU.She is exhausted right now, and will rest. She then has to walk again sometime around 2:30, which will wipe her out for at least an hour. Check back around 4:00 to see about visiting.
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Yeah- Great news. Those darned nurses. Glad Aidenne was too young to remember all that, although she did voice her opinions in her own way a number of times. Much better snacks in the 9th floor nutrition room-string cheese, pudding, yogurt. Yum:) Keep up the blogs-I am glued to the reports.
ReplyDeleteWe love our nurses,and we know they have a job to do, but I don't think Rainey was ready for the procedure quite the way they explained it. She's resting quietly in 906 and walked a pretty good distance at around 3:00 today! I hope the healing process goes as planned so we can be out of here in time for Christmas.
ReplyDeleteThanks again for all of your advice and wisdom Lisa. . . You were a great source of comfort for us. Dawn