Well, it has been three days since Emmah's surgery and we are still waiting for the pathology results. The surgery was more involved than anticipated, thus Emmah's recovery is more involved than anticipated. The surgeon did a fair amount of "rummaging" around Emmah's insides in an effort to verify that nothing was left behind before closing.
The goal is to get Emmah up and moving today. She is still on a diet of clears until the Drs. see evidence of her bowels getting back into the game. Before she can get up and moving she has to lose the catheter. In order to lose the catheter she has to lose the epidural. In order to lose the epidural her platelets need to get to a more respectable level. Thus, we are hoping that the latest blood draw will enable us to start this chain of events.
Emmah was pretty quiet yesterday. She did offer up a few token smiles at my request, but the real smiles came when her friend Autumn called. Thanks, Autumn! It made this mom so happy to see Emmah laugh ... we need to get those endorphins going!
We are hoping that the Drs. will be able to share the pathology results with us today. It is hard to make any sort of plan until we know these details. In the meantime, we continue to focus on recovery.
Today marks a week already since the emergency room visit. Thanks to everyone for all the support that has enabled us to juggle it all and get to this point. As always, PKEIYTAP!
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Thanks for keeping me in the loop. I do love the Wilmes people. You will be in my prayers and those of my family and friends!
Love ya Jan Barrett
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