Nicole has finally been sleeping for the past couple of hours and it seems that they have her pain a little bit more under control. Her heart rate and blood pressure have been pretty high lately so they just gave her some medicine that immediately brought both of those things down (pretty cool stuff, brought her heart rate down from 137 to 108 in about 1-2 minutes).
The NG tube is a nightmare. It is not working at all (it is supposed to suction blood and any other fluids in her stomach out before they reach her digestive tract where they did the procedure). They had to readjust it again late this afternoon (horrible experience for Nicole) and it didn't do any good. They did an abdominal x-ray and it showed that the tube is right where it should be. The nurse said that she thinks it is clogged somewhere inside Nicole. Because Nicole's condition isn't declining even though the tube is not working, they are just going to leave it alone for now. The other option is to take out the tube and replace it with a bigger one, which is something that no one, especially Nicole, wants her to have to go through.
We have to leave for the night pretty soon, so we are happy that she is in pretty good shape right now. I have been reading her the text messages that people have been sending so feel free to keep sending them (317-490-8299). I'll send another update about how tonight goes once we talk to the nurse tomm. morning.
James
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Good morning James, I find myself checking this blog too often, knowing it is too much to expect to hear that soon again. We are so anxious to hear that Nicole is pain free and resting. We know it may be a few days for that but a bit of good news is better than none. Thanks for keeping us updated and remember you are all lifted up in prayer by many. Love you. Granny & Grandad
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