Friday 10/12/18

Meghan went to surgery around 4pm. Her abdomen is still open and the doctors said she still has the infection in the abdomen. Her pancreas has still caused a little damage and some tissue has been removed. They are still going to be doing the flushing in her abdomen to help get rid of the infection. When Meghan was back in her room after surgery her blood pressure went down a little and doctor put her back on medication to control it. Her blood pressure couldn’t be controlled. Doctors were monitoring closely and I guess because of levels they are bringing her back to the OR. They are thinking possibility of a new bleed. I will update this post once we know more info. 

Thursday 10/11/18

Meghan has been stable, they are still doing some irrigation in her abdomen to hopefully help with the infection in that area. Surgery is still on for tomorrow, she may go in the am but there is someone ahead of her on the schedule. Jimmy visited Meghan at the hospital today. He let us know she was talking (mouthing) a little bit but she was very tired. She pretty much spent the remainder of the day resting. Her hemoglobin has gone down a little bit but the doctors are not concerned at this point.

Wednesday 10/10/18

Surgery this morning was around 8am. The doctors said the bleeding has stopped. They didn’t see any new damage and uterus looked ok. Plan moving forward is start again with light irrigation to flush out her abdomen while she is still open. This will help with the infection in her abdomen. She will again have surgery on Friday with hopes of starting to close. Labs will still continue every 6 hours and will be monitored closely for levels and the output of her drains.

Tuesday 10/9/18

Meghan was been resting a lot today. Her labs were up and down. They put compression sleeves on her arms to help with her swelling. Jimmy and Nicole went to visit at night and said her arms and hands did look better. Plan for surgery tomorrow is still to go in and recheck and hope there is no new bleeding and the bleeding they saw on Monday has stopped. She is still receiving IV nutrition, they will not start feeding tube until her bleeding in the abdomen has been controlled. Surgery will mostly likely be in the morning tomorrow.

Monday 10/8/18

She went for surgery around 8am. Mom and I got there as she was returning to her room in ICU. Nurse practitioner came up to tell us about surgery. She still has ooze bleeding and was repacked with special packing that has medication to help the blood clot. Packing was done on her upper left quadrant, that is where most of the bleeding was. Her right ovary was removed because it was looking necrotic. Her colostomy bag was placed on her right side. Current labs, hemoglobin dropped a little and they were giving her a couple units of blood in her room. They turned down her ventilator setting and she is breathing more on her own. Hopefully Meghan gets some rest tonight. Next surgery will be on Wednesday providing everything stays the same for tomorrow. 

Sunday 10/7/18

Family had a meeting with Meghan’s doctors today. Pretty much no change in Meghan. They need to get the bleeding under control before moving on with anything else. Surgery is going to be tomorrow to recheck everything and plan of the day for Meghan is to rest. 

Saturday 10/6/18

Meghan is resting and not much has changed. Levels up & down. She was given blood and platelet to help keep the blood count up to have it heal. Meghan will continue to rest for the rest of the day.