Today was a good day for Mahaela. Her mood took a 180 from what it has been the last few days. She has been extremely irritable, grumpy, not nice to anyone. She had been sleeping a lot also. Today she was wired! She was happy and animated and energetic. She had one of her meds removed today and that is the only thing I can attribute her mood swing to. For the first time since being in the hospital, she took not just one walk, but 3 walks! We have always wanted her to get up for her second walk, but something always sabotages it. Today, it worked out great. It really helped at change of shift that the day and night nurse both walked her together--that is one of the problems, it just takes 3-4 people to walk her with all her lines and monitors in tow. The third walk today was a fun one. The nurses have really gone above and beyond to make them fun for Mahaela and cheer her on. Yesterday her nurse gave suckers to other nurses sitting at their stations and as we made our way around, they would give her a sucker. Tonight was even better. We went on an Easter Egg hunt! The night nurse, Kim, had brought filled eggs and put them all around the unit to be found as we walked around. The picture above is a happy Mahaela opening her eggs--ring pops, and lots of bling-necklaces, bracelets, and rings. Kim gets an A+!!! OK...now for the downer...Mahaela's chest tube drained 260ml for the past 24 hours--more than any other 24 hour total. I don't understand why it is not slowing down. Her chest xray looked better this am, because what is accumulating in her lungs is draining out. The chest tube is not clogged and is working as it should. We just pray and hope that it will stop draining. M. is still NPO and is tolerating it amazingly well. She did catch Bill with butter on his face after eating a roll and completely examined his mouth and teeth, trying to figure out what he had gotten into...I think she was a bit jealous...oops!
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Happy Girl
Today was a good day for Mahaela. Her mood took a 180 from what it has been the last few days. She has been extremely irritable, grumpy, not nice to anyone. She had been sleeping a lot also. Today she was wired! She was happy and animated and energetic. She had one of her meds removed today and that is the only thing I can attribute her mood swing to. For the first time since being in the hospital, she took not just one walk, but 3 walks! We have always wanted her to get up for her second walk, but something always sabotages it. Today, it worked out great. It really helped at change of shift that the day and night nurse both walked her together--that is one of the problems, it just takes 3-4 people to walk her with all her lines and monitors in tow. The third walk today was a fun one. The nurses have really gone above and beyond to make them fun for Mahaela and cheer her on. Yesterday her nurse gave suckers to other nurses sitting at their stations and as we made our way around, they would give her a sucker. Tonight was even better. We went on an Easter Egg hunt! The night nurse, Kim, had brought filled eggs and put them all around the unit to be found as we walked around. The picture above is a happy Mahaela opening her eggs--ring pops, and lots of bling-necklaces, bracelets, and rings. Kim gets an A+!!! OK...now for the downer...Mahaela's chest tube drained 260ml for the past 24 hours--more than any other 24 hour total. I don't understand why it is not slowing down. Her chest xray looked better this am, because what is accumulating in her lungs is draining out. The chest tube is not clogged and is working as it should. We just pray and hope that it will stop draining. M. is still NPO and is tolerating it amazingly well. She did catch Bill with butter on his face after eating a roll and completely examined his mouth and teeth, trying to figure out what he had gotten into...I think she was a bit jealous...oops!
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