The first night went as well as can be expected. Maddy's pain was manageable and she tolerated the plasma pheresis very well. She took a sleeping pill which worked pretty well. We were only up a few times through the night. Her O2 sats remained consistent and did not alarm at all in the night!
As usual the morning routine is up at 4AM for blood draw, which thankfully they can take from the central line. Then at 5:30 they get her up out of bed and into a chair for the doctor. He likes the patients up and alert for his morning rounds, which can start as early as 6AM! Today he didn't come by until 8:30.
By the time Dr. Rolf came by Maddy was in pretty good spirits even though she is still experiencing a lot of pain at the chest tube site. He told her he will put her on a Fentenol patch to manage the pain, that way there will be less peaks and valleys in her pain management. He also took the suction off her chest tube and removed her from the O2 telemetry. Two less things connecting her to the wall! She will remain on oxygen for another day just to make sure she doesn't have to fight for breath and she can concentrate on getting better. The plan is to remove the chest tube tomorrow if the chest X-ray shows improvement. Continue plasma pheresis for five treatments. He said she should be out of here by Monday!
I took the morning show off today so that I could stay with Maddy over night. I will be going into the station for a little while today to add music and the such. Then I'll go home and shower and come back. Tonight I will leave Maddy by herself and sleep in my own bed so I can do the morning show tomorrow. I will take half days from here on as long as Maddy continues to improve. Even with the pain of the chest tubes and central line sights I can tell she is feeling a little better already.
Here are some more gross pictures!
Chest tube site.
Central line site.
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