One week post op

Sadie has been working hard on recovery.

She has turned a corner with her kidneys and they seem to have responded very well to the aggressive medication route. Yesterday alone her body shed 2.5 pounds of water. 

The additional chest tube that was placed shed over 400ml of fluid from her lungs and did its job to the point that she had all three chest tubes removed today. 

She took two small walks down the hall today. She’s still very shaky and needs to take frequent breaks and be supported via her pelvis- but she’s taking the steps. 

Sadie’s blood pressure is still very elevated and has to be controlled via meds but I’m reassured that it’s very routine post major surgery and her body is still trying to get itself sorted. 

She also has been having blood in her stool. The doctors took a very aggressive approach to make sure it wasn’t anything major and have decided that the likelihood of a big bleed in her belly is not suspected and it could be a couple of small things, they are moving forward with her clear diet and monitoring closely to make sure it’s nothing major being missed.

The biggest hurdle we have right now is sleep- or the lack of it. Sadie hasn’t slept this week on her own. The rest time she’s had was all induced by procedure sedation- which was not an abundance. She mentally is still processing everything and recovery physically is difficult but recovering mentally is exhausting. She’s holding onto a lot of fear of sleep from the fear of sedation sleep- but the team here is working very very hard to get her to a good place mentally and get a sleep break. 

Overall Sadie has made some big big steps over the last two days. She’s an absolute fighter and she’s working hard to be able to come home.