Weight- 790 grams- thats 1 lb 11.9oz....WOOT
Disposition- Celebratory
Pneumonia sucks... a big one.
Today was the pivotal lab draw/chest x-ray/talk about the tube out day. Annnnnnnd the verdict is.....
Well complicated. Her chest x-ray did look improved after the lasix. Which is great. But she is still have a ton of thick secretions. Prudence is already up higher on her ventilator settings to maintain her oxygenation. And on a routine check of breathing tube cultures we found an increased amount of bacteria in her tube instead of less- But WE WERE ON ANTIBIOTICS!!! WHAT?!?!
So the plan is to continue diuretics so they are helping some. And to switch to a new antibiotic. They are going to check a culture of her breathing tube on Sunday evening and then we will try to do a breathing trial on Monday to see if she would fly off the ventilator on NIPPV.
And thats the only big change. It sucks.
But if thats the only big change, we will take it and be glad. We have a lot of other really great things going for us.
We have this beautiful baby girl who for the most part is acting either her age or a bit older. She just has micropreemie lungs.
Lately I am finding that I am more irritable with complainers. People go complaining on and on about their day in and day out. It is so easy to get caught up in the day to day and forget how precious all this really is. The day before I had Prudence, I was talking on the phone to my dad. I was upset because of all the projects that needed to be done around my house that weren't getting done. I kept thinking, this will never be finished before the baby gets here and then it will just never get done once she gets here. The next day Prudence came into the world and I quickly learned how different my priorities should have been.
We are so grateful for the good news lately that most of the bad news doesn't upset us as much.
Our sweet Prudence doesn't have strong lungs. She does not have healthy lungs and there is a chance she never will have healthy lungs.
But miraculously, everything else is doing well so far. Isn't that far better to concentrate on? Juan and I cannot change her lung situation no matter what we do. That is up to the wisdom of Doctors and the mercy of God.
So before you start complaining again about something mundane, something trivial or small, remember that there are people around you every day, people dealing with cancer, illness, or other things much bigger than what they can handle. And they choose to step out and live instead of sulk and cry. If they can do it, so can we.
Afternoon at the Autumn Leaves festival!
Love and prayers from the micropreemie family!
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