I will be posting additions to this as the day goes on. Shanna is at the hospital all day, and is my source of information for the day. Clare gets the afternoon off to spend time with the kids, and last I heard is coming back in the evening.
11:20 - Shanna says there was no change overnight last night. They're going to take the right chest tube out today and put a filter in a main artery to catch any possible blood clots from the legs.
12:30 - I went over on my lunch hour, and Darrin was gone somewhere for the tube removal and filter placement (or so I thought, see below). He came back a little before I had to leave, and Clare went in to see him again. Clare mentioned she thought they brought him back fast. I didn't see him today. The people at the hospital were my mom, Shanna, Clare's mom, Bitty came for her lunch break, and I think Clare's sister Danielle (sorry, I still don't recognize everyone in the family. Someone correct me? Especially the spelling, since I seem to always get that wrong.)
15:00 - Shanna says they took Darrin off sedation for a bit, and tested his responsiveness. He responded well so far. They pinched him and he moved his hand to brush it away. He also tried to sit up.
20:15 - Shanna says they didn't need to put the filter in, and they haven't taken the chest tube out quite yet.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
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The filter is called an 'IVC filter' (Inferior Vena Cava filter). Trauma patients are very prone to developing blood clots, and since Nephi has had bleeding in the brain, he can't have any blood-thinning medications. The IVC filter is extremely important to prevent a Pulmonary Embolism, or blood clot that travels to the lungs.
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