I've been at the hospital all day today, as is getting to be usual practice for a Thursday. When I arrived, Ffion was pretty out of it. Her epidural had stopped working effectively overnight, so she'd been switched to continuous morphine. Thankfully this was changed to an 'as-and-when' dose which she only had once throughout the day. She's on regular paracetamol which seems to be managing any discomfort she still has.
As a result of being on the morphine she was pretty dopey this morning and didn't really take her bottle, but at her 5pm feed she downed the lot, so was obviously feeling better, She was also having several 'desaturation' episodes when her heart rate really slowed and her oxygen saturation dropped but these seem to be getting less throughout the day and are likely to be due to indigestion.
The dietician is beginning to prepare us for coming home, although we don't have a date yet. I had a lesson in putting a feeding tube through Ffion's nose into her tummy, as she'd managed to grab it and pull it out. I was pretty bad at it and will need a bit more practice. Thankfully, we can come into the ward any time day or night if she pulls it out and I can't put it back, but obviously preferable if I can do it myself at home.
We are hoping it may be some point next week when she comes home, and I for one, can't wait :-))
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