From the moment we came into Hannah's room this morning I had an uneasy feeling & sensed something wasn't quite right. She was much more awake & seemed to be distressed. Though all the obs at that stage were fine & apart from an elevated white blood count was elevated, indicating she had an infection somewhere. She had an episode of bringing up a copious amount of mucous mixed with what looked like milk. This was sent to pathology, but came back negative, as did the x-ray of her lungs. Late in the afternoon she had a sudden & rapid increase in her lactate level (up to 9, should be around 2). This put the drs into a panic & she was sedated again & given medication to lower her BP. Thankfully she responded to treatment & by 11:30pm (when we went to bed) she was well on the way to being stable again. However in investigating the reason for the increase in lactate they discovered that her Pulmonary valve was leaking. This they are going to review in the morning & decide the course of action to take. They also discovered some tissue protruding out of the site of her old dialysis catheter site, so she had a minor op to place it in again.
Unfortunately our night did not end at 11:30pm, as when we got back to our room we discovered Joshua was still wide awake & waiting for us. This was in part due to the fact that he had slept til 9:30am this morning & then slept the whole 2hr journey from Varde back to Århus, & partly due to the fact that he had become insecure about us leaving again. It took 1/2hr or more to get him to settle to sleep & in the end I had to lie in bed with him.
We also had the pleasure of a visit from Tom's brother & sister & families. This was a nice break & stress relief, not to mention the absolutely delicious watermelon & fresh baked rolls they brought with them.
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