Guest Writer
Still on the roller coaster. Things look bleak and then she improves. The feeding tube in her nose is being replaced for one reason or another all the time (every day!) so there is talk of putting a feeding tube directly into her stomach. There’s more talk about amputating her toes or not amputating her toes. Amputating a finger tip or two, or not.
In this photo you can see one of the mighty meals Dana had in ICU. Problem is, she would eat one or two bites. Sometimes her meals wouldn’t come at all and we wouldn’t know why or they would come while she was sleeping or doing physical therapy or having a respiratory treatment. She wasn’t eating well or sleeping well. This photo was taken Aug. 9, 2018.
Aug. 13, 2018
8:24 a.m. Dana has the feeding tube back in her nose and the gastric tube surgery is planned for today or tomorrow. She is not eating enough and the feeding tube can’t be down her nose for a long period of time.
Aug. 16, 2018
8:13 p.m. There was no talk of surgery taking place tomorrow.
Aug. 28, 2018
7:30 a.m. Dana is being prepped for the OR for the amputation of toes on her other foot.
9:46 a.m. Dana is out of surgery. The surgeon just called me to say she (the surgeon) was surprised to only have to remove about the same length of toes as on the other foot. She did not have to remove the big toe completely. She removed the two black fingertips. There was no need for surgery to shorten the finger bones due to gangrene. She is in recovery.
