Sorry this post is so late, we had a very busy day today....well as busy as you can be in the ICU. Our morning started with the nurse noticing some bloody drainage from her wound. It was draining pretty heavily so they notified surgery.
Surgery came in, changed the dressing, and told us he believes it is because her blood got a little too thin coupled with the fact that it could just be draining as well. He ordered an ultrasound as well as a venogram to take a look at what was happening inside.
Ultrasound came bedside, and it took about 1 hour. Then around noon they had to transport Macy to Interventional Radiology for the venogram. Transporting a patient who has over 10 meds hanging, as well as monitors and a vent is quite a task. They have to turn the vent off and bag her the whole trip. Yikes...makes me nervous. She did great though, and was back to the room within about 45 minutes.
The surgeon came soon after to visit, and entered with, "we have good news"! Her tests showed that she has very little blood flowing through the shunt (wrong way), and that blood flow and pressures look great. We are on the books for surgery #2 on Monday. The anesthesiologist already came by to introduce himself. We don't know what time yet though.
The have informed us that Macy might still be on the vent when she returns from surgery, but the goal will be to ween her and start waking her up. Only her body knows how long that will take, so I can't make any predictions. They also said waking up and getting her comfortable will be difficult. So Jeremy and I need to rest up so we can focus on Macy.
Our day was made extra special by all the Flat Macy posts that everyone did! We have over 50 pictures, and Jeremy is working on compiling them so we can share them all in one place, and have it ready to show Macy when she wakes up! The love for our sweet girl and our family touched my heart so deeply today, and brought me to tears multiple times.
In other news...our sweet McKenna lost another front tooth, and looks absolutely adorable! My mom has been doing an amazing job taking care of her, and I am so happy she is there to give her all the love like I wish I could right now! Thank you Mom!
Great news, good day........come on Monday!
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