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LTR/Rib Graft – Day 2
Posted by on October 26, 2010
The doctor decided to stop sedation meds first thing in the morning since she was doing so well. So for a while after, she was a bit loopy. I’m sure the pain meds didn’t help with the loopiness. =)
See the dried tears? This was a while after Edwin’s little fiasco with globs of dried blood and secretions while trying to find a nurse who knew how to suction a trach with a stent since Lizzie couldn’t cough it out. She was terrified (so was Edwin). Even at bedtime tonight she brought it up again!
*Note to ICU nurses: Really?? ummm you know you work in PICU where at some point will have a trach patient 
She was eventually up to walking around, watching TV, coloring and reading a book.
By the time dinner time came around she was already back to her usual smiling self! She was so bummed though that she couldn’t have Popeyes chicken yet (her all time favorite food) but she seriously devoured 2 baked chicken legs, mashed potatoes, corn, yogurt, applesauce, strawberries and she was looking for more food all within 15 mins!
Either she was STARVING since her last meal pre-op was arond 6:30pm Sunday night, or she’s so ready to get outta here!
Have I mentioned that God is sooo good? Thank you for all the prayers for Lizzie, the doctors/nurses and our family. Keep praying because God has done some pretty cool things during all of it!
HATE when the PICU nurses have NO CLUE! UNfortunately all too common a problem! Hope there is no more of that. Saline nebs may loosen things up for her if she starts getting thicker again- and they shouldn’t cause too much coughing- which would not be great for the stent- maybe you could try those..?
wait she’s not supposed to cough with the stent???