Fighter

[valkryor]

This is the first day of what I'm thinking is going to be a long haul. Even though the surgery went well, Shannon's right foot is still very purple (that's the side they put in the catheter into her vein to put in the stent for the PDA) and one of the doctors from the Thrombosis team is involved now in making sure that that gets cleared up. (Thrombosis, for those of you without a medical dictionary handy is a condition that produces blood clots, which at this stage in the game would be very dangerous.) It's better than it was, according to the nurse, and Shannon has a very strong pulse behind her right knee. Even though it's a common complication in this kind of surgery, it's still worrisome.

But, she's a fighter.

They increased her morphine drip, and she's still on a ventilator (hopefully gone by tomorrow), but she fusses and squirms whenever the nurse tries to do anything (take her pulse or a blood sample, change her diaper, touch her in anyway, really). She also arches her back and holds her breath, making the machines ding and her face a pretty shade of purple. If she could cry, she would be screaming her guts out.

It's a little uncomfortable to know that she can't make any noise because of the ventilator, but it's a good sign that even doped up, she's not having any of it.

Comments

Shannon

[lynbug.livejournal.com]

She's a little fighter, that's for sure. She must be your kid :P

Re: Shannon

[valkryor.livejournal.com]

Must be. fuzzpsych can't wait until she's a teen and we're constantly at loggerheads...:P

Re: Shannon

[joncanuck]

I think I know what we'll need to get fuzzpsych for his 50th birthday then....


*grin*

A referee jersey ;)

[hare-mengele.livejournal.com]

We've sent a surprise to you, for your little fighter, even thought we know she can't have it yet.

[valkryor.livejournal.com]

Should I be afraid? :) fuzzpsych wanted to get her a stuffed animal, partially because we hadn't given her one yet and mostly because she's the only one without in the room that she's in. So he got her an animal of my choosing. And like a good little March Hare, I picked a rabbit.

Indoctrination can never start too early...;)

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

Rufus was the same way. It's remarkable how you can feel proud of their efforts to hamper the medical staff. :) It's good that she's a fighter, though. It probably will be a long haul, as you say, but that spirit will get her through it.