Post Surgery

Maggie is out of surgery and is sleeping in her bed. The surgeon said that "it went perfectly." They used a different brand broviac that is a size larger. It is to be more durable and he (and the nurses) like this type better. He told Andy after the surgery that he plans not to see us until Maggie is finished with treatment and needs it removed. We pray that is the case.

We had quite a rough night again--no mishaps, only Maggie not wanting to sleep. We might have gotten an hour if we were lucky. We talked with the doctor and he thought perhaps it could have been withdrawal from morphine. Whatever it was, it was torture for all of us. She didn't scream & cry as if she was in pain, instead she whined, wanted to nurse all night, and when we put her in bed she called out for us and couldn't put herself to sleep. The doctor prescribed Ativan if we have difficulty tonight. He said that if by 9-9:30 Maggie isn't showing any signs of sleep, to give her some and it'll put her to sleep for 6 hours. My thoughts were, "where was that drug last night?" Either way, hopefully that will help us as it has almost been a week since we've gotten more than 3 hours of sleep in a night.

Our next steps are now waiting for Maggie's counts to come up so that we might start chemotherapy. Her ANC is at 50. It needs to get to 500 before they will begin. Hopefully it might take the upswing here soon so that we can move on with treatment and get out of the hospital.

We thank you all for your continued prayers. We have heard from so many that you are praying for Maggie. We know that this last week has been very tough, but we only expect it to get better now. Thank you again and hopefully we all have a peaceful night.