Sunday, August 16, 2009

8/16/09

Rachel had a good day yesterday and she had some visitors.....her Aunt Leah and Uncle Mike came to see her for the first time. I think she was a little to excited to have visitors she kept making her alarms go off which kind of freaked them out.....Nice impression Rachel! :)

I did go see her late yesterday and she was having a better evening. They did put her on her tummy and she loves her tummy time so she was behaving a little better that and a little morphine helped. We did take some new pictures, but have to download them, once they are, we will post them

I got a call this morning from her Dr and she had an okay night. She would fall in her stats and take a while to come back up every few hours. So they are now giving her some morphine every 2 hours, they put her on the Ocilator which is another venitlator that helps keep the CO2 levels down and that is what she needs help with. It also gives her the support the dr thinks she needs at less pressure then the other vent.

They did also do a blood culture to see if she might have an infection from the surgery, which is common, and they are starting antibiotics just in case. Now it's just a waiting game of 72 hours to see if there is anything. But Dr Wiener said that she is active and moving (part of the reason for the morphine) and does not show signs of an infection.

She is also getting another transfusion because her blood count was low. And she is not happy with anyone touching her at all. It's sort of a catch 22 - they need to touch her to help her with suctioning, repositioning and all that stuff, but I also think that the less they mess with her the better she might get.

I'm going up to the hospital to see her and just sit at her bed. I won't be able to hold her for a little while longer now due to the new vent. But just sitting there helps keep me calm......and I can talk to her. Not that she really listens to me, but she does know my voice and sometimes that helps calm her when she is misbehaving!

Jenny

1 comment:

  1. Hi Jenny and Robbie, She does hear you and your voice does calm her, never doubt that. Don't forget to read her some of your favorite books while you are there. Good Night Moon is a classic though I am partial to Dr. Suess and Shel Silverstein. I am looking forward to seeing the new pictures.
    After weeks of pre wedding, wedding and post wedding activity things have finally calmed down, relatively speaking. It meant so much to me to have your mom & dad out here,Robert. I felt like "all of my sisters" were here...since none of the brother were "representing". I am also glad they got to take a little time and do some visiting, it is such a long way to travel for such a short time, most everyone could only be here for a long weekend. I know it was an anxious time for them being away from you guys so I really appreciate the time they spent with us. Your dad got some great pictures!
    I will be checking your blog more often but if there is anything I can do please don't hesitate to call. Blessings!

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