Saturday, January 22, 2011

Sunday, January 23, 2011 12:27 AM, CST

The newest issue is Elizabeth has had a slight fever all day. So we dont know whats going on with her, if its another infection or what. They did blood, trach, and urine cultures again. So we will wait to see what/if the cultures grow anything. Her oxygen requirement/saturation has remained stable, so that is a good sign. Hopefully the fever isn't anything major. The new plan to change her sedation meds every day seems to be working well, and the Dr who assigned herself as the primary has done an awesome job of ensuring that the other Doctors dont make changes to her plan :)  So basically, she is still stable, no more crying spells but she also has not had as many awake spells.
Also tonight, I woke up from a nap to see yet another "new to Elizabeth" nurse. I was a little annoyed and went out and asked to speak to the charge nurse. I explained that we were concerned about the nightly change in nurses and would really like to have some kind of consistancy in scheduling. She seemed very apologetic and even moved the nurses around tonight so that Elizabeth had a nurse who has cared for her numerous times. She asked us to list the nurses who have cared for her the most, and we were comfortable with. So that they can be added to a list as her primary nurses. I was very pleased with the way it was handled.

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