Meghan was able to get some rest last night and they did labs again this morning. Everything was about the same. Reason for the labs back to back days is IR is going to change the drains today. So they just wanted to double check things before the procedure. Goal for PT and OT is 3 times a week. They will show the nurses stretches and things they want worked on. When they are with Meghan they will check progress and show new things for her to work on. Pain management isn’t changing anything with the pain meds due to her drains being changed today, it is something they might talk about tomorrow. So update with her ACES team. All of the drains on her right side have been removed. The spaces where fluid was building up is gone and drains aren’t needed. The left side they believe still needs the drains. Those will be removed and replaced today with IR. They don’t think the fluid in her lungs it is from drinking. They explained to Rob with all the extra fluid in her abdomen & body, gravity is taking over and it’s working it’s way up from the abdomen. They will have her sitting more in the chair so she is in an upright position and speech will be helping with breathing exercises to help move that fluid. She is allowed to have her Gatorade, water and hard candies. She went for the drain procedure around 2pm. They did find a spot on the left side that was not draining. That one was removed and replaced. They are stopping the blue dye in the dextrose. They did see some of it in her ostomy bag. They didn’t see it in her abdomen which is good but told Rob it could be mixing with the brown color fluid and they wouldn’t know. But good news it isn’t all leaking out. They are going to keep giving her dextrose to try and wake her bowels up. This is to get them functioning to hopefully start tube feeds in the near future if she is able.
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