Much better day than yesterday, but a very busy one! I am back off of the Nitric Oxide, yay! I've been oxygenating all day like a good girl and they've been able to wean my vent settings down as well as my oxygen level! I am now down from 74% this morning to 54% this evening :) The air around us is about 21% oxygen so eventually my goal will be to get down to there but because my lungs are so tiny and have less capacity to oxygenate my blood, I need supplimental O2 for now. Dr. McElroy is comfortable with my O2 level being anywhere from 40%-70% right now, but the lower the better so I am working on keeping it low. My blood gasses this afternoon have been great so I must be getting what I need.
I had my PICC line put in today to replace my umbilical IV line. Mommy and Daddy had to leave for 45 minutes while the nurse practitioner and pediatric resident put the line in. It was supposed to go in a blood vessel in my foot, through my leg, and end somewhere near my belly... but I was too tiny! So they put it in the larger blood vessel at my knee <3 Later Jessica, my pediatric resident came back and removed one of the lines from my umbilical cord. They left the other one in so that I can still have my blood drawn from it rather than heel sticks for my labs... Mommy and Daddy are thrilled that it will be a while before I have to have my heels poked twice/day!
No peaking at my eyes just yet but everyday I get a little closer and as long as everything else is going well Mommy and Daddy wont mind waiting just a little while longer :)
Also, Mommy says the pictures don't do me justice! I look so much better in person!!
My visitors today were:
Lori and Luis Galle
Ashley Hocker
Travis Allen
Grandma Hulsebus
Great Grandma Jean
Aunt Mari
Aunt Lyndsi & Colin
I'm so glad to hear. Kels and I love ready about Reagan. Hopefully soon we can come see her...I know cousin Bill is working hard to get a night off to come that way! What a little inspiration she is.
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