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In case everyone didn't see the post I put up last night about Jessica the last I heard yesterday was that her Hemoglobin, mistakenly called Hematocrit, was down to 6.6 and two units of blood were on the way up to Jessica then.
The two units of blood stabilized her somewhat and brought her hemoglobin count up within a normal reange but Jessica was very agitated so the Drs gave her Ativan to calm her down.
The Ativan had an adverse reaction and Jessica went into a near death experience it seems.
Her stats were all dropping and Jessica was calling for her great grandmother and telling her not to go and then calling for her momma telling her not to go.
She was seeing angels and the white blinding light and was extremely agitated and confused Stella said. Stella told Jessica to stay here because she wasn't ready for her to go yet and finally Jessica settled down and her stats started rising again and she stabilised.
Stella asked the nurse if this was a common reaction with the Ativan and was told no, that it almost always calmed people down.
Stella told them *Not* to give her that drug *Ever* again!!!!
This was all information that I gleaned from a call I made to Stella about 1-1/2 hours ago.
Then just before I was getting ready to post this Stella called me back.
The surgeon had just came in and told Stella that Jessica's Hemoglobin was going down again and it is at 8.3 right now down from 9.3 which was just a little below normal.
They're going to wait and see what happens and if it continues to drop and gets down to 7.0 they will give Jessica two more units of blood.
Stella said they said they would do this until Jessica's body kicked in and started producing its own blood cells again.
I don't know what they will do if Jessica's body doesn't start producing red blood cells. They can't keep giving her blood forever and won't I'm sure.
Uncertain times right now.
At least Jessica was resting somewhat comfortably this morning and her pitiful moaning had stopped.
She got agitated with Stella because Jessica was telling Stella to tell me that Jessica loved and missed me and Stella was ignoring her while she was telling me what was going on right now.
It thoroughly pisses me off that I can't travel right now and won't be able to anywhere near soon.
Being totally helpless and at the mercy of my own body is more than being merely frustrated. It's all I can do to retain control of myself at the moment and I fear I'm not doing such a good job of it. Right now I am at my wit's end!!!! :grumpy: 
I did talk to Stella about Jessica getting "get well" or other "greeting" cards and she said that would be fine.
Jessica enjoys reading and anything to keep her spirits up would be of good help.
Anyone wanting to send one to Jessica can email me for their address. And Many Thanks.
Y'all are the greatest!!!!
The two units of blood stabilized her somewhat and brought her hemoglobin count up within a normal reange but Jessica was very agitated so the Drs gave her Ativan to calm her down.
The Ativan had an adverse reaction and Jessica went into a near death experience it seems.
Her stats were all dropping and Jessica was calling for her great grandmother and telling her not to go and then calling for her momma telling her not to go.
She was seeing angels and the white blinding light and was extremely agitated and confused Stella said. Stella told Jessica to stay here because she wasn't ready for her to go yet and finally Jessica settled down and her stats started rising again and she stabilised.
Stella asked the nurse if this was a common reaction with the Ativan and was told no, that it almost always calmed people down.
Stella told them *Not* to give her that drug *Ever* again!!!!
This was all information that I gleaned from a call I made to Stella about 1-1/2 hours ago.
Then just before I was getting ready to post this Stella called me back.
The surgeon had just came in and told Stella that Jessica's Hemoglobin was going down again and it is at 8.3 right now down from 9.3 which was just a little below normal.
They're going to wait and see what happens and if it continues to drop and gets down to 7.0 they will give Jessica two more units of blood.
Stella said they said they would do this until Jessica's body kicked in and started producing its own blood cells again.
I don't know what they will do if Jessica's body doesn't start producing red blood cells. They can't keep giving her blood forever and won't I'm sure.
Uncertain times right now.
At least Jessica was resting somewhat comfortably this morning and her pitiful moaning had stopped.
She got agitated with Stella because Jessica was telling Stella to tell me that Jessica loved and missed me and Stella was ignoring her while she was telling me what was going on right now.
It thoroughly pisses me off that I can't travel right now and won't be able to anywhere near soon.
Being totally helpless and at the mercy of my own body is more than being merely frustrated. It's all I can do to retain control of myself at the moment and I fear I'm not doing such a good job of it. Right now I am at my wit's end!!!! :grumpy: I did talk to Stella about Jessica getting "get well" or other "greeting" cards and she said that would be fine.
Jessica enjoys reading and anything to keep her spirits up would be of good help.
Anyone wanting to send one to Jessica can email me for their address. And Many Thanks.
Y'all are the greatest!!!!
