Not Closing Today

During the early morning cardiology rounds, Dr. St. Louis said that he is not going to close Lynnea's chest today, maybe it will happen sometime over the weekend. Her blood pressures continued to remain very unstable overnight, and her fever returned as soon as the ibuprofen wore off, so that problem has also not resolved itself. There wasn't much else said about a plan for the day this morning (other than not closing), but that's often how things go with the early morning rounds. Dr. St. Louis seemed at least vaguely hopeful that maybe Lynnea just needs a little bit more time to stabilize, and he didn't seem overly concerned about any specific cause of her blood pressure fluctuations. So today we will continue to sit around and wait.