November 7, 2005 - Mid-Morning

The princess had a restful night after a little procedure late yesterday afternoon. When her doctor was changing her arterial line (they have to change them every few days to prevent infection etc), he left her in the sitting position for her comfort. As a result, he accidentally punctured a sac around her lung creating an air pocket. (It was an accident and he was trying to make things easier for her. He felt terrible about it.) The "air pocket" would be something that would make healthy, concious people uncomfortable but we'd be able to absorb in our system. Because she has so many other things that she's fighting right now, they decided to insert a chest tube for the next few days to ease the discomfort and eliminate the "pocket". The silver lining in this little episode is that the "air pocket" appeared to make her uncomfortable. This is good because it shows that she is aware enough to process and react (even subtly) to discomfort.

She was back to resting more comfortably this morning. Her ICPs bounced between the single digits and teens (the lower the better, with the ideal being below 20). We believe that this will primarily be a "waiting" week while the swelling continues to diminish and her body heals.