Drowsy, Tired, and Sleepwalking

Yesterday Faina stopped taking the antibiotics. Her white blood cell count was in the satisfactory range.

Two nights ago they gave Faina Ambien to help her sleep and that helped tremendously. There was a bit of a zombie effect as she got up and walked around a few times in the middle of the night, sort of sleepwalking. Last night they gave her Benadryl instead.

They adjusted her nutrition infusion. Keeping her on a 24 drip is hard work for the kidneys so two days ago they adjusted her to 16 hours, just a speedier feed, and then yesterday to 12 hours. The IV tubes are not what one typically thinks of as life support, but that is how Faina is getting her hydration and nutrition.

Going home anytime soon is no longer being discussed. We are still waiting for the fistula (the little hole that couldn't) to close. They can't even do a fresh CT scan because about 25% of the barium from the CT scan from over a week ago is still sitting in Faina's intestines.

I'll try to weigh in later today with a fresh update.