Still in ICU

Last night Donna was happy to see us and still HUNGRY. She is hooked up all over the place and they would only allow her to sit up at a 30 degree angle but no worries - I was able to spoon pudding and soup into her mouth. She was very talkative and we had a good time right there in the ICU - Joseph, Louie, Kirsten, Donna and myself had a few laughs, no tears.

Louie had thought they were going to move Donna to a "regular" room today but no, they have decided to keep her in ICU at least until Monday. That's okay as she gets much more attention there. Today finds her with even more elevated liver enzymes (not good). A "liver" specialist was called in and he is working on this now. The infectious disease doctor had thought that once the heart was stabilized (through surgery) the liver would go back to normal functions on it's own but that has not happened so far. They tried to take her off the oxygen but had to put it back on. She is quite congested in her lungs and is receiving breathing treatments for that too. The kidneys are a bit better and so far there have been no bad reports about the presence of bacteria in the fluid from her heart. Although, that culture must continue to grow for 4-5 more days to be conclusive. She had a PICC line in her arm (used to "hook up" to the IV's) and there is concern that perhaps it had developed a staff infection and possibly caused this last crisis. The original PICC line was removed and a new one inserted. No reports from that theory yet.
Just in - they took the internal blood pressure monitor out of her groin, so one less attachment, yea!!! That means she can sit up more now too.