Day 5 - or Day 2 of Houston Meth; CT, Feeding Tube. Repeating what happened.
Created: 2023-02-27
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2023-02-22 (Wednesday) - Very responsive, had CT, got a Feeding Tube, and only short term memory. When they get the vent out, she will be able to talk and they will MRI her.
- SBT She has been off anesthesia for a day and is wide awake, and hates that fucking vent... every time I try to interact, she's letting me know that she wants to get that out. They do the SAT test, and she keeps passing. She knows where she is (and she doesn't like the vent). But they won't remove the vent until other milestones are done.
- Feeding Tube They put in a nose feeding tube in case they want to take her off vent.
- Telling her what happened I can see her pleading eyes, but she can't communicate. But I was asking her questions and little yes/no shakes, or some blinking. I asked her if she wanted to know what happened -- and yes. So I told her she had a heart-attack while running and that said she had CPR for an hour.. and she raised her eyebrows like "holy shit. An hour is a long time for CPR". But I quickly figure out that she forgets every 10-20 minutes. But I keep repeating it, as she seems to want to know and reacts the same. I tell her things to soothe her (like Rich stayed in the waiting room for 3 days; more raised eyebrows). Some hope... but I didn't sleep much that night. I know that short term memory loss seems obvious with what she's been through... but the nightmare is that she'll never get it back, and we'll have to live groundhog day. She loves remembering birthdays and cards, and not being able to do that, would be so mean for her.
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