Here is an update on the second surgery from today...sorry it has taken me so long to post this.
Around 7 PM tonight, she had to go back into surgery because her blood pressure was dropping dangerously low....in the 50's! For medical people, they put her on 20 of dopamine and nothing was happening. Her HR was in the 170's and BP was still in the 50's. Because of the low pressure, she wasn't getting ANY pain meds and they had stopped her epidural. So they took her to an emergency surgery and found a small leak in one of the vessels, which is why her BP was so low. Thankfully it was an easy fix and they were able to get in and get out in about an hour. When we went back to see her(for the second time), she was resting peacefully with minimal pain. Since visiting hours are so strict there, we were worried about leaving her all night (not because of the staff, but because she told us not to leave her by herself, haha). Her nurse for the night said she would let one of us stay, so dad is staying with her throughout the night. If they weren't going to let someone stay, Lanie Faulkner was going to hide in the cabinets until morning ;) Thanks so much for the continued prayers! I told mom how much everyone is praying and thinking about her, and she smiled! She really does draw her strength from everyone's prayers and notes of encouragement!!
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