Well lastest update is that the doctors told her to eat food now. So they stopped the TPN and now she's just eating. She's eating pretty well however because of where her stomach is damaged she isn't getting enough nutrients from her food. It's all coming out of the wound first. So she's really weak of course, and can barely walk across the room. The whole reason for taking her off the TPN and onto food was because her wound was leaking so much, and she has a tendency to get blood clots from pic-lines and infections in her port. So they wanted to see if eating real food would reduce the amount of leakage. If she does get enough nutrients from eating then they would be able to take out the pic-line and port. So the risk of infection or clot would be gone, but things aren't looking well for that.
On top of that Gmommy's short term memory is pretty much gone. She can't even remember what day it is or that they've just eaten. She tells you somehting then about 5 mins. later she repeats her self over and over again cause she doesn't remember telling you. We knew that her mind would be effected some because of all the medication that she has been on and the amount of times that she was put under at her age. However it seems to be hitting her now which is kind of a late effect. I dont know though how those things work. Maybe they can be delayed. But anyways that's what's going on with her right now.
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