DAYS 8 - 11 in ICU for EVE

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1999 ( 10 days post surgical)

• Waiting for the phone calls.
• Eve has gained 1/2 pound.
• The agitation is still high.
• Eve started "eating" at midnight. A little at a time. I know she has to feel better having something in her tummy.
• She's going to be fed every 3 - 4 hours while she sleeping.
• She will also have temperature and heart rate checked while sleep so as to get more accurate readings.
• Staying at home is as hard as seeing her.
• Went up to see her at midnight for about an hour.
• Tears flowed.

• Eve is still in ICU
• She's beginning to slow down in her pacing in her ICU cage. The agitation level is getting better.
• Waiting for phone calls.
• She smelled peanut butter offered by Amy, the RVT who works Fri. Sat and Sun nights. Here's another A&M Angel.
• Went to watch her for an hour at midnight.
• She walked around a bit in her crate, but not to the extent that she was walking into the sides of the walls.
• She settled down and eventually fell into a very deep sleep with steady breathing. I went home and did the same.

• Eve's vet student has been so good about calling as often as she can. Eve comes first though, and so we wait.
• Eve was calm enough this morning to eat 110 cc of A/D out of a bowl.
• She went outside again to walk and potty. She was taken out as soon as she began to wake up, and so being restrained was minimal. She seems to do better and stays calmer if not held for long period of time.
• She got to go out for a second time!
• She still can't hear or see!
• Waiting!
• Decided against going up tonight at midnight. The emotional roller coaster has run over me!
• Waiting!

• Things are lookin' up!
• Eve's awake more and not so agitated.
• Her 4th year student, Erika, has said that Eve "scarfed down her food"! Just like a scottie!
• She's eating every 6 hours, between 100 ml and 130 ml A/D
• Weight is up to 13.3 #
• She has been outside in the sunshine several times today and is walking in a zig zag pattern rather than circling to the left. (the Neurological Evaluation page will shed light on the importance of this shift in patterns.)
• The jugular catheter was removed! It had been set when she was admitted to the Emergency Clinic 11 days ago.
• And the good news. . . . .EVE MAY BE GOING TO IMC (intermediate care) TOMORROW!