Farrah has been showing good signs of improvement and her 72 hour blood cultures came back as having no growth, so the decision was made to change her over to a regular vent instead of the oscillating vent she has been on since she got sick. They switched Farrah over to the vent this afternoon after moving her and the other MRSA babies to a more closed off area in the NICU. Farrah has to work a little harder on the regular vent, so they have needed to give her more support to tolerate the change. Before her rounds at 4 pm today, Farrah kept desatting whenever her nurse Margaret weaned on her settings. After we repositioned her and changed her diaper, she appeared more relaxed. As Farrah was falling asleep, Margaret combed her hair and we think Farrah liked it. It looks like we have a girly girl on our hands.
They are talking about putting a new PICC line in soon and hope to do the lumbar puncture in the next day or two. Farrah's swelling is slowly going down too. They started back on her feeds last night with 1 cc of breast milk and will increase the amount every 12 hours. Hopefully Farrah will tolerate going back on feeds through her feeding tube.
I am here at the hospital with Farrah and will be here through the evening. We are so thankful for all of your prayers, good thoughts, and love. I tell Farrah every day just how many people love her.
As they say, "baby steps." Glad to hear there are small improvements each day. Praying for continued improvement and strength gain for you, Farrah, and Ray.
ReplyDeleteAll your friends at United Blood Services send love, hugs and prayers your way. Hope to see you soon.
ReplyDeleteJane Tellier