morning check in.

When I am in a sleep room I always try to wake up and be in with Darla Jane by 6: Then I am able to see her for about an hour as well as check in with the night from the night nurse before the shift change, and then we have to be out of the CICU from 7-8.

This morning when I went in...this was the report. They now have her off of 2 of the 3 meds she needs to be off of before she can leave the CICU. They also tried to get a peripheral iv in, which they couldn't (surprise, surprise). The iv she has now goes into her heart and she can't leave the CICU with that. If they are not able to get another iv in, but the Drs want her to be able to still have an iv access...that might keep us in the CICU longer. While that line is in, we also aren't able to hold her. So they are going to talk about that at rounds. To see if the doctors even need to have that iv access. If they do want to keep her with that iv access, I would rather them keep it in, and not be able to hold her then them going through what needs to happen to get another iv...and then not even be able to place it.