Tonight, her sedation levels are down from 32 to 24. Tomorrow morning, they will do another test. Leslie, the head nurse said she expects the numbers to be low enough tomorrow morning to take off the ventilator and see how she responds. Tonight, the family went out to dinner and had a pleasant time talking […]
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We’re home this morning, resting. We slept well last night. God’s grace. No medical updates as of now. This morning, I realized how my grandmother has been the center of my cultural and Spanish soul. Here at home, I speak Spanish all the time, to our children, to myself, to the walls. I do this
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I spoke to the nurse Leslie this morning, she’s the head nurse. She said gramma is urinating and her kidneys are working. I asked her if perhaps her kidneys were failing, but she said they’re fine. She said they performed another test this morning to see where her sedation levels are at. We’ll know more
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We’re home this morning, resting. We slept well last night. God’s grace. No medical updates as of now. This morning, I realized how my grandmother has been the center of my cultural and Spanish soul. Here at home, I speak Spanish all the time, to our children, to myself, to the walls. I do this
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Tonight, the sedation in her body is still not leaving her. They want to bring her sedation levels down to 10 or 15. They’re at 30. It seems her body is not processing the meds out. Her liver/kidneys may be bad. They’ve been okay so far. So they’re not taking the ventilator off tonight. Tomorrow,
Tonight, the sedation in her body is still not leaving her. They want to bring her sedation levels down to 10 or 15. They’re at 30. It seems her body is not processing the meds out. Her liver/kidneys may be bad. They’ve been okay so far. So they’re not taking the ventilator off tonight. Tomorrow,
Grandmothers are always special. To me, abuelita is like my mom and dad. She has raised me basically from 13 on. When the Sandinista war forced my parents to send me to Long Beach at age 13, I came to live with my grandmother. Since then, we’ve lived together. First, I lived in her 1-bedroom
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Grandmothers are always special. To me, abuelita is like my mom and dad. She has raised me basically from 13 on. When the Sandinista war forced my parents to send me to Long Beach at age 13, I came to live with my grandmother. Since then, we’ve lived together. First, I lived in her 1-bedroom
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We left tonight and my gramma has not responded since we took her off the sedation. It’s been over 24hrs and they want to give her 48hrs which would be around 6pm tomorrow night. If nothing changes, they would take her off the ventilator for 5mns to see if she breathes on her own. If
We left tonight and my gramma has not responded since we took her off the sedation. It’s been over 24hrs and they want to give her 48hrs which would be around 6pm tomorrow night. If nothing changes, they would take her off the ventilator for 5mns to see if she breathes on her own. If
