- Dianne's blood pressure and heart rate are good. Nurses have decreased her levels of sedation and she starts to wake up. This is a good sign showing that she will come out of her sedative state quickly. They want to keep her sedated at least through tomorrow as far as we know. This is to keep her resting
- For those who try to contact Jeff and are unable to get a hold of him during this time, feel free to call Rebecca at 303-250-7756.
- Dianne's procedure went well. Dr. Burnham said that there is no major leaking in the intestines/stomach area. The bleeding in the kidney's has stopped. They were able to clean some of the old blood from the hematoma as well as other waste out of the kidney cavity. He checked liver, gallbladder and every other internal organ in that area and there is no sign of infection. He did send off some fluid samples and blood samples to the lab to find out if there was an infection within the fluids.
- Dr's wanted to leave her intubated until Monday. They want her body to rest and recover without the stress of having to breathe. Someone in her condition can be burdened by the simple act of breathing so he thought it was best to leave her sedated while intebated.
- Dianne has a tube coming out of one of the incisions that is draining any additional fluid from the hematoma. Not sure when this will be removed.
- She did have a dialysis treatment when she arrived back in ICU from her procedure. As far as I (Rebecca) know, this went well.
Condition 12:00 noon:
- The last few days were a step backwards. The doctors are very concerned that there is no progression in her healing. At best, she is maintaining condition. At 11:30 am, Dianne went for microscopic surgery to drain the blood in her abdomen area that's infected. This is mainly around the kidney's and the back muscle. They will do some other exploratory investigation to help determine why she is not getting any better. They wanted to check bowels and intestines. They mentioned that they might remove her gallbladder. Other than that we will wait to see what the doctors say.
- We will give an update as soon as she is out of surgery.
- Sleeping when I arrived
- Urine has increased (~80 ml) during the night shift
- White blood count is still high (21,100)
RN: Amy D (day) / Jamie (night)
