All in all everything is going well. Laura is walking everyday for a total of 1/2 mile or more. She is eating solid food and beginning to enjoy it. Prior to the transplant eating was a chore and she had no appetite or cravings. Both are coming back.
She is having some issues with fluid drainage and as a result her legs and feet are swollen. They have given her a diuretic to help increase the flow but that has not worked fast enough so they are moving onto a new drug. The issue with the new drug will be that she has to be off the epidural.
After consulting with the doctors, they have diminished here dosage for the evening and will then change her pain meds to either Oxy or Tramadore. The concern is not about the pain from the 30" incision but the pain from the 2 remaining chest tubes. They want to make sure the pain is managed not only because of the pain itself and discomfort but it also effects the depth of your breathing. If she takes shallow breathes it could lead to pneumonia.
The focus is now on drainage so the chest tubes can be removed and she be released.
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