Meghan slept most of the night and labs are looking decent. They are sending out a sample to the lab of Meghan’s fluid from her drain. They are checking that for tube feeding liquid and to see if it is leaking into her abdomen. So Rob was able to have a meeting with the doctors today and conferenced in Jimmy and Nicole. So information about her tube feedings. It was in the fluid, they said the fluid was backing up and not moving through Meghan’s intestines so they lowered that back to 10ml. She will have her next skin graft surgery on Tuesday. They are happy with how her abdomen looks and hopeful this one will take. Also they will be using Meghan’s own skin. Within 7-10 days they will know the status of the skin graft. They will know if it is taking and if she would need a second one or not. Right now Meghan has a tube in her nose which suctions out any fluid that gets in her stomach. During the surgery for the graft they are going to remove that tube and place a new one directly into Meghan’s stomach. This tube will still be used to suction out anything but it is just to make Meghan feel more comfortable. If things go well with the skin grafts next topic is Meghan’s trach. The doctors want to make sure she is done with surgeries before removing that. Rehab is down the road but the skin graft has to be 100% in order for her to go. Meghan stood today at 52 degrees for about 10 mins. All of her vitals are good. Meghan had a visit with Hunter today and hopefully Teagan will be down during the week. We got a lot of information today and doctors seemed very hopeful that we’re heading in a better direction. They did say she still had a very long road ahead but we are taking tiny steps forward.
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