Yesterday was Emma’s birthday. Unlike most little girls turning 7, she didn’t get to have a little party with her friends, or go to a movie or whatever else she would want to do, instead she came to the hospital. On one hand, it was very sad for us that she didn’t get to have a normal birthday, but on the other hand I told April she will always remember this birthday.
Hello All,
This is Neil once again. I feel April’s first post-operative blog post will be coming soon, but not yet. You are all stuck with me for a little while longer.
Hello All,
I left off in the last post with April just getting her PICC line. After her PICC line, April’s NG tube was still producing a lot of bile and she was still extremely nauseous. April, even with the NG tube in place and sucking out the contents of her stomach, was still having moments of vomiting. The night was a fairly long one with her vomiting and gagging, and now in pain from the NG tube and her pain in her back and abdomen went up from all the vomiting and retching. When I tried to close my eyes it was about 1 am and she had another 850ml in her NG canister. April woke up throughout the night, it was just a bad night.
Here we are again in the same familiar place with me hijacking April’s blog to give an update on what has happened since I left everyone last night. So yesterday April was moved up to what they call a post surgical diet 2 which includes all liquids, some raw fruits, raw veggies, crackers, pudding, and some meats like chicken or turkey. April took it easy only eating a few bites here and there making sure not to overdo it. Later in the evening though, April became extremely nauseated and vomited. She vomited 650ml of fluids and bile. 650ml is quite a bit, over half a liter. The other problem was that she had taken her meds no more than a minute before so most of them came up, but if the nurses can not find the pills or see them they have to assume they stayed in April’s stomach. After this she was only allowed sips of water with her meds. She slept ok through the night usually waking up every two hours or so in pain. So I did our ritual of helping put her in a new position and stuffing pillows in the appropriate areas to keep her back straight.
