Keli - 02/24/06

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Keli - 02/24/06
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Fri, 02-24-2006 - 2:53pm

Keli is doing well. She will be going home on Monday! YAY!! She is bored out of her mind and looking forward to getting out of the hospital. She is SO thankful for all your thought and well wishes. I'll update you again soon!

Tracey

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Fri, 02-24-2006 - 3:25pm
wow...that was fast !!
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Fri, 02-24-2006 - 4:45pm

I am glad she is doing better. Did they finally do that assessment you mentioned so they can treat her better? I hope so. Thanks for the update.

Missy

 
 
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Fri, 02-24-2006 - 5:42pm

That is fast!

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Fri, 02-24-2006 - 5:50pm

It is a quick turn around, but they have her back at 900 mgs of lithium and she responds quickly to it. They were considering releasing her today, but because she is going off of lamictal (I think that is it) they want to keep her a bit longer. Apparently, the med she is withdrawing from her system is an antiseizure and if you withdrawl too quickly it can cause you to seize. Otherwise she is doing really well. She is on the downside of "normal" but understands it is to be expected because the wellbutrin hasn't kicked in yet. Overall, she is very cognitive of her moods and treatment so she is really well. She sounds better then she has in a long time.

The pdoc she is seeing there explained to her how to address her emotional "snags" to keep her pdocs from changing her meds unless it is absolutely necessary. Hopefully, that will help. He explained to her that there is an extreme shortage of pdoc's in her area (like 7 for the whole big area) and if you don't have one, you pretty much can't GET one.

Anyway, she is going to be taking off work until Wednesday or Thursday of next week, so she can continue to recoup.

Thanks!
Tracey