Today, Rachana’s heart stopped from 4:40 pm to 4:51 pm. In the morning she complained about chest pain on the left side but the pain went away with a few setting changes on the ventilator. Later in the afternoon her BP dropped and there was a rush of nurses to stabilize her with pressors (BP… Read More ICU Day 32 – 11 minutes
The last two days were hectic with a lot of lows. All day Saturday she was in discomfort after the Tracheostomy and also because they had changed the continuous drip of pain and sedatives to as-needed. She was very restless with aches in the feet, chest (chest tube), the neck (trach), and the nose (feeding… Read More ICU Day 29 – Another chest tube, and danger for fingers and toes
The procedure they did yesterday to put the chest tube to help the collapsed lung seemed to have helped. This morning’s xray showed the right lung reinflated. What the doctors can’t say is if this will happen again. There are still many cysts on the surface of the lung and one or more of them could burst. The… Read More ICU Day 25 – Reinflated Lung
Rachana had a rough night with her BP dropping and her being restless. They increased the ventilator setting, gave BP meds and increased the sedatives to help her in the night. All morning she kept getting better and was off the BP meds just after noon. She was scheduled got CT scan of the abdomen… Read More ICU Day 24 – Collapsed Lung
