Slow steady progress. Some mantras need to be chanted a long time.
Today's mixture of news continues in the right direction. Nancy's been alert all day, her neurological tests are better, she has a little more strength in her hands and moves her feet readily. She can hold her head up. She can't yet move her arms, though. Her respirator is providing minimum assist, and they will try taking her off it again tomorrow, so she is breathing oxygen on her own. When I got here at 6pm, she was trying to communicate, and feeling frustrated again. Which is good. She had a couple of visitors today, and several folks are coming to visit tomorrow, which she's happy about.
Speaking of happy, she actually smiled at me when I got here, for the first time in days. That's a good sign, and it made my day.
Yesterday's urine production was indeed better, 405 ml, but today it's slowed back to a trickle. That may be partially due to the fact that she's been back on continuous dialysis, slowly removing her excess fluid, for 24 hours now. With the dialysis, all kinds of blood chemistry values are improving, BUN, creatinine, etc.
Heart, temperature, other vital signs all continue to be good and stable. Chant the mantra and continue to pray for pee.
Love,
-tdc
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