walking epidurals

Anyone doing these in L&D or for regular OR's. One of our general surgeons asked about this for an open colectomy patient. Our policy is no ambulation with epidurals but we are running 0.1% bupivacaine +/- fentanyl 2mcg/ml (yeah an odd dose but it comes from a compounding pharmacy and that's the concentration they had available). She's like "My patients need to ambulate". She has a point. Anyone doing this at their place? I told her it's o.k. at that low dose and if motor involvement... walking epidurals
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