Saturday, July 30, 2005

Hailey had another great day. They increased her feeds to 15cc's and she had no aspirates. If all goes well she will be up to full feeds by tomorrow, which is 18 cc's and if that is tolerated they will stop her IV fluids and take her PICC line out (line in her arm to give her fluids). If that happens we will be free of two wires, the IV and the temp probe ... We are definitely going in the right direction! Her bradys and apneas are still happening, but happen more as her caffeine wears off so instead of giving her one dose in the am they are going to split the dose and give it two times a day. Also, they did a chest xray and her ateletasis (collapsed part of her lung) has resolved and her lungs are clear! We are still working on the pooping, they are trying to stop the glycerin so she doesn't become dependant, so we are doing rectal stim, using a Q-tip with gel to stimulate her to push. It worked tonight so hopefully she will start doing it on her own. They are not to worried though because she has great bowel sounds and is not distended (bloated out). Lastly, I usually give her weight, but they are not going to weigh her till 11pm so I won't know till tomorrow. Each day we see more of features develop and she becomes more alert! We love her so much and can't thank you enough for your prayers - keep them coming!