Early Morning Update – Day 1 postop

Finally, Z seems to be resting.  It took a while to get her sedative drips going and configured for her needs.  Her nurse told me that Zayne is either all in or all out.  Since she still has the breathing tube and is not at all calm when semi-awake, she has a little more sedation to keep her asleep.

Before I slept for a few hours, I saw that Zayne was talking. Unfortunately, I am not proficient at lip reading. However, the charge nurse told me she said “I want water”.  If she wakes again, I can offer her some water on a rag. 

All night long, there are alarms going off.  Most of the time, it was just to let the nurse know to change out the medication.  There was even an X-ray at 5 am.   She had her eyes briefly open for the x-ray, but looked terrified to me.  I’m happy to see her sleeping at 6 am.

She must be pretty hungry, because I realized that she didn’t have any Pediasure at camp, and had only nibbled on food when I picked her up at lunch time.  That would explain why she seemed very desparate for her Pediasure drink prior to transplant.

We’ll see what the day brings.  I would like for the breathing tube to come out, but if she still needs it for her high pressure, then I want her to stay sedated.  It is unnerving to watch her pulling on her arm restraints, silently screaming, and seeing the fear in her eyes. I’m told that she won’t remember any of this (hopefully, it will not haunt her dreams).  I won’t forget.