Hope was scheduled for surgery at 11:30 today. She finally went in around 1pm. An X-Ray was done first to make sure the pump was still in place. Surgery was smooth and successful. The catheter was flowing nicely and her back did not need to be opened. She will be happy to be sitting up tomorrow!
Almost an hour ago she was given a drug to wake her up. She has been on a large amount of Oxygen and will remain on it all night long. She dropped her respitory rates (RR) really low and was close to being put on a ventilator. Her heart rate and RR are stable now. Still dropping the RR some but not constant. No longer in the coma appearance. We aren't completely out of the woods but it is looking good. She may still need a CT as well. She had been off Morphine for 9 hours but was given a Morphine reversal. It doesn't make sense but it worked. The drug is designed to last 15 minutes and it did. She has been on Morphine a lot in her life and has been on Morphine and Baclofen at the same time before. It just doesn't add up. Since all of this happened she is on an extremely low dose of Baclofen as well. The doctor reduced the rate a few hours ago.
I hope this makess sense. I am exhausted!! I will try to post again in the morning. Thank you everyone for the prayers, McDonald's, gifts, visits and warm thoughts!
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