Mom started dialysis about two hours ago. So far it is too early to tell if it is giving any benefit but at least there are no complications from it. She bled a lot during the procedure but the docs had it under control.
She was taken off of the sedation IV at 11 this morning. Each day ICU patients are evaluated for responsiveness. Yesterday she moved her hands, head and foot so she was put back on sedation's. Today she hasn't moved at all even without sedation. The doctor seems to think this might be because her prior medication has not been metabolized and is therefore just "hanging around" and still doing its job. We are of course concerned that she may be uncomfortable and just too weak to respond. The doctor said that if she is uncomfortable she would grimace, flinch and/or her heart rate would rapidly increase. If that should happen the nurse will give her sedation again.
My aunt (mom's sis) drove in form Albany today. I'm sure mom was happy to hear her voice. They haven't seen each other in a few years.
I just got off the phone with mom's night nurse. She said nothing much has changed since we left. She took her off of one of her three pressure medications and so far she is holding steady. Her temperature is now 100.2 which is the lowest it has been in two days. A small step for a nurse treating her for the first time, but a glimmer of hope for us. Maybe, just maybe, the dialysis is flushing the toxins out of her body. The doctor also said that 10-14 days after chemo the body starts to regenerate cells and therefore the blood counts begin to improve. Right now we are at day 10 so there is a chance that between that, the antibiotics and dialysis she may be able to beat this infection. Her body is in complete shock right now. Little by little we pray to see improvements.
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