TG just awoke after an hours’ sleep, somewhat unexpectedly.
Before I get started, let me frame this up by saying its all fine, we’ve got the appropriate people aware of things, and we’re all watching.
When she drifted off, a couple things had me a little nervous. We made a minor adjustment to her course of medication, which helped get her BP down some. However, her heart rate was still up, her one foot was cooler than the other, and she mentioned she felt cold and asked for a blanket. After tucking her in with a couple toasty warm blankets and letting her drift off, I discussed my concerns with the attending doc on the floor. She was already well aware of each one, had reviewed it with other folks, and the current stance was ‘let’s keep an eye on each.’
My take on it is her body is busy reprogramming itself after the surgery today, and I agreed with the wait and see approach. So long as we got the right people looking at things, I was fine… I just didn’t want it ignored.
Anyway… so she wakes up. She’s toasty fricken warm (Get these blankets OFF ME!), and her feet feel the same temperature again, so I can relax a little bit. Her heart rate still has me concerned, but her body is in the middle of making internal changes on its own. So… watch and wait is still the order of the day.
She asks “Daddy, I’d like to try sitting up.” She’s already been cleared to reposition the bed so it’s not completely flat any more (thanks to the hardware in her back), but this is different. She actually wants to pull herself up into a seated position.
Hell yes I’m going to support this idea.
We try. She’s starting to do it, makes a valiant first try, but to no avail. We set her back down.
She’s convinced, once again, that she’s laying on top of something. The nurse had already looked once… at great length, and found nothing underneath her. She wants me to check all the same.
So, she grabs my arm, and rolls herself over onto her side so I can check underneath her. Of course, there’s nothing there, so she rolls back onto her back.
Both of these things would have had her in anguish 18 hours ago.
We’re so close. I really want to see TG stand.