I came in bright and early from Ronald McDonald house to see Anna comfortably sleeping. She still has alot of secretions and needs her intubation tube, nose and mouth suctioned quite frequently. She would show her discomfort whenever she needed this done and was otherwise sleeping nicely, so they stopped sedating her.
Her iv site from yesterday was puffy so they needed to change the site. They had a very hard time getting another one started - took 8 tries!
She was running a low grade fever but it never got very high - only up to 37.8.
In the afternoon they started her feeds again and she was tolerating them well. Seemed happy to get full belly again.
She is still intubated but was on the lowest settings - and initiating all her own breathing. They decided to leave her on overnight and get her feeds up to the full amount, before extubating her and putting her on cpap. Little Miss Anna had other ideas - and pulled her tube out at around 8pm (when we had gone to eat dinner).
They put her on cpap to see how she would do. She was really having to work at breathing and started to have some desats. They tried her on a ventilator (which also helps her exhale) but she was still desating. Round 1pm they intubated her again and sedated her so she could get some rest.
She has been sleeping in her sedated sleep all morning so far. The results from her bloodwork, bacteria cultures and virology have all come back negative. So they are unsure what she is fighting against, but bloodwork does show her body is having an inflammatory response. They sent one more sample to virology from her nasal secretions (yesterday they sent one from her lungs). The infectious disease team was called in to see if they could provide any other insight to what this could be.
At this point the plan is to keep her intubated and sedated to rest until she shows us she is ready to come off of it. Her feeds have also been held again.
Please continue to pray for Anna! That she can beat whatever she is fighting and feel better soon. That the doctors are provided with all they need to help Anna.
Her iv site from yesterday was puffy so they needed to change the site. They had a very hard time getting another one started - took 8 tries!
She was running a low grade fever but it never got very high - only up to 37.8.
In the afternoon they started her feeds again and she was tolerating them well. Seemed happy to get full belly again.
She is still intubated but was on the lowest settings - and initiating all her own breathing. They decided to leave her on overnight and get her feeds up to the full amount, before extubating her and putting her on cpap. Little Miss Anna had other ideas - and pulled her tube out at around 8pm (when we had gone to eat dinner).
They put her on cpap to see how she would do. She was really having to work at breathing and started to have some desats. They tried her on a ventilator (which also helps her exhale) but she was still desating. Round 1pm they intubated her again and sedated her so she could get some rest.
She has been sleeping in her sedated sleep all morning so far. The results from her bloodwork, bacteria cultures and virology have all come back negative. So they are unsure what she is fighting against, but bloodwork does show her body is having an inflammatory response. They sent one more sample to virology from her nasal secretions (yesterday they sent one from her lungs). The infectious disease team was called in to see if they could provide any other insight to what this could be.
At this point the plan is to keep her intubated and sedated to rest until she shows us she is ready to come off of it. Her feeds have also been held again.
Please continue to pray for Anna! That she can beat whatever she is fighting and feel better soon. That the doctors are provided with all they need to help Anna.
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling.
Psalm 46: 1-3
Thanks for sharing all that is going on with little Anna. She is in my prayers daily, as are you Lorissa and Ryan.
ReplyDeleteSeems such a long time ago since I met you in front of Mac, but the prayers continue for you and your sweet Anna. May the Lord continue to give you strength and give healing to your little darling.
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