[ David for Laurie still ]
Today was pretty much like yesterday. Laurie managed to get the chicken broth consumed before I got there this morning. That was pretty much the only food she took in though. Her appetite just isn't there. It may be the beef broth though. She also seems to have something going on that they are saying is just acid reflux. She feels like she has a lump in her throat. They prescribed something for it and now we need to see if it really works. This is just something that happens apparently when the system isn't really restarted yet. Her surgeon was by again today and said to take her time and only eat/drink if she's hungry, let her body drive things.
Not much else to report. She did pass gas, but just a couple of small toots. This is progress, but we really want her system to settle soon. They removed her catheter today, which is good.... but it means she has to get up and pee all the time and that's at least once an hour with the fluids they are/have been putting into her.
Hopefully tomorrow she'll be feeling more normal and be able to eat and get around more comfortably. Right now she's still on the PCA and probably will be until she can eat. Only then will she be able to take the oral pain killers as they need to be taken with food.
That's it for now....
