The pain management team came in and are making some tweaks to the epidural. They'll be reducing the anesthetic and will increase the opiates/narcotics. Increasing the anesthetic will only make Mom's already low blood pressure drop more, and they don't want to do that. Increasing the narcotics won't affect the blood pressure in that same way. I'm really glad they're keeping such close tabs on this. The anesthesiologist is very pleased with how Mom is doing.
Our nurse for the morning, Cecelia, will be giving Mom some plasma to help her blood to thicken/clot. Mom was bleeding a little longer than normal, and the plasma should help with that. Later on they'll determine whether or not she should have a blood transfusion.
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