Hi all – Charles again
I’m with Hilary in the ICU where we spent last night. There was a little bit of excitement last night post surgery; Hilary’s blood pressure was low which is why the Docs ended up having her transferred to intensive care instead of a regular room. She was feeling pretty lousy, which wasn’t helped by the presence of a very loud, large, angry lady who was also recovering in the post anesthesia recovery unit and making lots of phone calls to complain and yell at her husband about various things. Once in the ICU, Hilary was looking pretty yellow and her hemoglobin dropped. They gave her a couple units of blood and she started to look and feel noticeably better. This morning her pain level is ramping up as is expected, but because her blood pressure and heart rate are now looking good, she can press that pain meds button every 10 mins if needed, so that should be fine. She looks MUCH better this morning!
Dr. Davis and Dr. Curley just came by for rounds. Dr. Curley reiterated that the procedure went “fantastic” and that he did, in fact, say out loud the positive affirmations Hilary asked for before starting. Apparently, she was loopy before they even reached the OR, and doesn’t remember arriving there. We’re big fans of Dr. Curley, he’s got a great manner and fits perfectly with Hilary.
Hilary’s alert and mostly back to herself and they’re letting her have ice chips and sips of water, a huge help. She’s right now getting some more blood to get her platelet count up. Dr. Davis will be back around later in the day to let us know whether she can transfer to a regular room today. I’m pretty confident that she will be able to.
That’s it for now – here’s a pic just taken of the surgery docs…Dr. Curley has the beard, Dr. Davis is the younger one.
