It might sound bad, but it’s really all good. Raena is starting to come out of her deep sleep more and more because she is getting better day by day. However, this means she is feeling the pain more and her gag reflexes are kicking in because of the intubation tube down her throat. This keeps her from resting well and Nikki or I have to constantly try and soothe her back to a calm relaxed state.
When her eyes open her blood pressure shoots up from 110/60 to 160/100 or so and her heart rate goes from a 95 bpm to a whopping 170+. It is both tiring and painful to watch my baby girl go through this. I have been up since 2:00am by her side so every time she wakes up I’m right there. Nikki and I have been alternating shifts so she has had her fair share of sleepless nights as well.
I am happy to report Nikki has gotten a solid 4 hrs of sleep since writing this update for those of you that worry about her. Hopefully she stays a sleep for a couple more. Raena gets her resilience from her momma 🙂
Her angiogram is scheduled for 830 am this Friday morning, so keep your fingers crossed for her to get a good reading.
The only thing I can grasp on to about her going through this pain is the nurses say the versed (ver•said) will make her not remember any of the pain nor being intubated, fingers crossed :/
They are just starting a new fentanyl iv drip to prepare her for the angiogram. They want her heavily sedated and without any sense of pain for the whole procedure so she can stay as still as possible. It is currently 615 am.
More to come in a bit…