7:30 a.m. - What a difference a day makes! Emma is doing great. Her pain is being managed quite a bit better; she is still on Lortab, and there is a standing order for morphine as necessary, something we were misinformed about our first night out of the PICU. She needed the morphine yesterday around noon, and slept for most of the day after that. But she has not had any since, and seems to be doing much better. She slept throughout most of the night, waking only when the Lortab was wearing off. She is still eating in small doses, but the good news is she is doing much better at holding down her food. Although we still haven't seen the million-dollar smile we love so much, she does seem to be slowly returning to her normal self. Her color looks great, she isn't nearly as bloated as she was, and she is much more alert when she is awake.
Twice in the night we tried to decrease her oxygen dose, since her ox-sat levels were at or near 100% most of the night. She already is on a small dose, but each time we tried to decrease it to the next step down, her ox-sat quickly tanked to the low 80s, causing the monitor alarms to go crazy. Weird.
She still has a lot of drainage from her remaining chest tube. I don't know yet if this is something to be concerned about. I'll ask when the doctor makes his rounds this morning. I would think that Emma will be much happier once that tube is removed.
4 comments:
Happy Mothers Day Amy! I am so glad that you are able to have this little miracle in your life on such a great day. I am so glad that Emma is doing well and that she is improving so quickly. I am glad that you sound in better spirits. Have a fantastic day!
We are watching the blog like a hawk, keep the updates coming! Happy Mother's Day. We love you all. We would love to take Triston again if the timing is right for you guys.
Glad to hear things are still progressing well and that her pain is being managed a little better. Happy Mothers Day Amy!! Hope your day today is a little better then it was yesterday. Hopefully you are out of the hospital or being released soon so you can be with your baby!! Have a great rest of the Sabbath Day!
It's not unusual for little kids to be hypersensitive to tiny changes in oxygen. Annoying, weird, but not unheard of. I've seen little babes on 1/16th of a liter of oxygen, barely even worth the tubing and the tank, but take it away and their sats drop. Hopefully she'll kick her O2 habit sooner rather than later ;), but it sounds like over all she's doing very very well.
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