IT'S BEEN A WEEK WITH LITTLE PROGRESS AND NO POSITIVE NEWS.
Mr. Snoopy is still on duty and watching over Vikki to keep her spirits up.
Our anniversary was a non-event this year....the presents are still in the corner of the room waiting for better times.
It's been a tough week for Vikki.
She has a new infection and they are working on figuring it out and coming up with a treatment plan. That's not helping her breathe like she needs to.
She also has a lot of excess fluid around her lungs. That's not helping her breathe like she needs to. She ended up back in procedure room yesterday, where they drained fluid and put a chest tube back in to keep the drain going for a few days.
She is suffering a bit from ICU delirium. Google it and read about it. It's scary. They say it affects as many as 80% of all ICU patients. They get disoriented and confused....even angry at times. She seems to be in her own little world right now and we just have to keep reminding her of the when, where and why of what's going on.
The pulmonary team told me earlier this week that she is the most complex transplant patient they have treated in the past year, so we still face a long and challenging struggle. The good news is that she can sustain herself when they do breathing trials, and I think that means the new lungs are working as needed. But the complications keep coming....first one, then another and so on. And until they get some of these complications out of the way, they are limited in what they can do with breathing exercises as well as physical therapy.
There is a pretty good chance we will celebrate Thanksgiving in the hospital. Its going to be that big of a challenge to get her in a position to move to rehab. This is not the outcome we were prepared for, but its still better than the alternative if you know what I mean.
Mr. Snoopy is still on duty and watching over Vikki to keep her spirits up.
Our anniversary was a non-event this year....the presents are still in the corner of the room waiting for better times.
It's been a tough week for Vikki.
She has a new infection and they are working on figuring it out and coming up with a treatment plan. That's not helping her breathe like she needs to.
She also has a lot of excess fluid around her lungs. That's not helping her breathe like she needs to. She ended up back in procedure room yesterday, where they drained fluid and put a chest tube back in to keep the drain going for a few days.
She is suffering a bit from ICU delirium. Google it and read about it. It's scary. They say it affects as many as 80% of all ICU patients. They get disoriented and confused....even angry at times. She seems to be in her own little world right now and we just have to keep reminding her of the when, where and why of what's going on.
The pulmonary team told me earlier this week that she is the most complex transplant patient they have treated in the past year, so we still face a long and challenging struggle. The good news is that she can sustain herself when they do breathing trials, and I think that means the new lungs are working as needed. But the complications keep coming....first one, then another and so on. And until they get some of these complications out of the way, they are limited in what they can do with breathing exercises as well as physical therapy.
There is a pretty good chance we will celebrate Thanksgiving in the hospital. Its going to be that big of a challenge to get her in a position to move to rehab. This is not the outcome we were prepared for, but its still better than the alternative if you know what I mean.
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