I need more patience. We are 72 hours into the steroids and haven't made much headway. Dr. Jain was very aggressive in weaning on Monday night and by the next blood gas yesterday morning, we had to backtrack. The next 2 gases were not good enough to wean. So, we have our next gas at 8:00 this morning. Little Mo is still on the oscillator. Please say a little prayer that she will have a great and very weanable blood gas. We have to make the most of these steroids. Once we get on the conventional vent, she can have xopenex and pulmicort treatments. I think these really helped last time. I really believe we were on the verge of CPAP before surgery. We really need continuous stellar blood gases and we have to get to the conventional vent soon. Please also say a little prayer for me that I will have patience!
In other news, Molly had a 200cc (I think that's the measurement) diaper last night. That is HUGE! Hopefully that pulled more fluid off of her lungs. She weighed in at 9 lbs 9 oz last night. So, pretty much no more edema! She has been doing okay with the smaller drip of fentanyl. Yesterday morning she did have to get a bolus of fentanyl and one of versed though. She just wouldn't calm down. Her heart rate was up and she was just agitated. I thought it was a combination of pain, withdrawals, and roid rage. At any rate, she did better last night. Other than that, not much else to report.
Tim may finally have to go back to work next week. He hasn't worked since we came to Plano. We have been making it so far. But we need that income. I know he will miss seeing Molly as much. But, hopefully we will be home soon.
I will leave you with a few pictures. One is from the day M was born. The other is from earlier this week.
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