Molly had another rough night last night, but it was less rough than the night before so we'll take it. She still has the normal post-op pain, but she's also very "wet" and it manifests itself as just a bunch of gunk in her lungs. It affects her breathing and we think makes her the most uncomfortable. The nurses suck it out of her through her nose and mouth, which, well, sucks.
They are starting her on Milrinone again for a few days while we work on getting her to be able to keep down food more consistently. Milrnone is the iv med to help her heart squeeze. They are also putting her back on her lasix, which keeps her more dry. They were supposed to restart it yesterday, but she threw up the dose and for some reason they didn't try again. That's frustrating because I don't think she'd be as wet (and uncomfortable from it) now if they had started giving it to her iv when cardiology wanted them to. But they are starting today, so hopefully we see improvement soon...
I'm so sorry for the frustration part which I imagine makes the whole situation so much more...frustrating.
ReplyDeleteHopefully soon all those medications will be doing their thing and Molly can get some rest. And y'all, too.