Friday, March 7, 2008

Jinxed

Okay - so I totally jinxed things this morning. Olivia had an awful morning. I think she is anticipating everybody going to Floriday without her ;) She is back to stable now, but, boy, was she looking nasty this morning. The vent is set at a rate of 27 breaths per minute and she was breathing about 60. She was coughing like crazy, but they weren't able to suction anything out. It was all just sitting in her lungs. It was very odd, because she looked so bad, but her x-ray looked 10 times better than yesterday. Anyway, bottom line is, there was a plug somewhere that wasn't allowing oxygen to move throughout her lungs. The intensivist put this nasty smelling solution called Mucomyst into her vent tube and was able to break it loose. She did have to go back up to 100% oxygen from her 55%, but we'll wean that back down. They also gave her another enema to try and get her to poop again - her little tummy is enormous right now. Now that it is all said and done, she is happy as a clam! Well, that might be a bit of an exaggeration, but she is sleeping and breathing peacefully!

2 comments:

Judy said...

Hopefully everyone has landed safely in Florida. I'm sure you're missing them terribly, but I'm sure the kids are so excited!!!
Sorry to hear that Olivia had such a stinky morning. I'm sure it's extremely difficult to see her struggling to breathe and looking so sick. I hope you can find comfort in the fact that so many people (lots who you've never even met) are praying for you guys right now. I'm sure this blog of yours has had tons of hits!! Lots of people care about precious Olivia!!!

Amy said...

I'm so glad that Olivia made it through her rough morning and is doing better now. And what a relief to have and actual diagnoses and a cause for all of this!!! Your little girl is such a fighter and God is good! We are continuing to pray, as always!