Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Still sleeping.

Olivia is still on the paralytic. She's doing fine-it's just that every time they think about trying to make some changes, she does something crazy. Her blood pressure is either too high or too low, depending on the time of day. Her heart rate is either too high or too low, depending on the time of day. Her oxygen saturations are perfect or too low, depending on the time of day. She either has a perfect temp or a high temp, depending on the time of day. Do you see a pattern here?
She is definitely not a morning person. This is when she usually decides to act up. By afternoon, she's usually really good. Of course, the doctors make their rounds in the morning...when she's acting up. So, no big changes for today. I think they are going to switch out her arterial line and put it in her arm, as opposed to her groin. She hasn't had any more bleeding from her current arterial line. Instead, it's coming from her nose and her trach site.
Anyway, hopefully she chooses to behave by this afternoon.
We are going to look at a house this afternoon. I'm really hoping it's a strong possibility. It fits the mold as to what we are looking for to be able to accommodate Olivia and all her new stuff. Keep you posted...

6 comments:

Claire said...

Oh, bless her. I'm praying for you all.

Cxx

Sarah Joy said...

Praying for you guys in Charlotte!

Anonymous said...

Olivia is an amazing girl and we are hoping she will be able to go home soon. Good luck with the house hunting and congrats to Zac on the new job. Dunlap is lucky to have him!

Judy, Kevin, Jeannie & Kevin

Anonymous said...

Sending prayers from Indiana

Judy said...

I hope the house is a good fit! I'm sure it would be nice to be able to check one big thing off your list!

Anonymous said...

Good luck with the house Julie! Sweet Olivia...I hope she is able to start weaning off that paralytic soon! Keeping you in our prayers!
Kara :-)