Just got back from seeing Linden before I try to get some sleep. She is stable on the vent. She has had two doses of surfactant and it seems to be working. Her blood gases were great at 4:30ish so they began to turn down the oxygen. She was down to 60% from 100% oxygen support.
They gave her the second dose of surfactant at 7:30p and were able to drop her oxygen down to 50% but, they had to push up her pressure....meaning the pressure the machine puts on the lungs to help her move the co2 out, if I am understanding correctly. Her last blood gases, the oxygen was great but the co2 was the same and has not changed the last three tests.
To make sense of the above...she is improving. She looks less swollen and more like a newborn.
The goal for the next few hours is to get her down to 30% oxygen and less pressure...which is at 30/6...whatever that means. A new blood gas will be drawn at 1am or so and they will decide whether or not to give her a third dose of surfactant. She can only have 4 doses.
She is being sedated with morphine..to help with any discomfort she may be experiencing. I personally, think it is for the parents...it is so hard to see the silent screams of your child because there is a tube down her throat, to see her flinch at ever noise.
As a side note on my craziness...I would just like to say, rules are rules sometimes and why do people think they are the exception??? Rules are in place for a reason when it comes to the NICU...break some other rule that doesn't affect others! Right?
Anyway, good night and thank you for all your support and love!
My email is kristenjurek@hotmail.com.
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You sound like me when they were talking about his o2 levels. Sound like she is a real fighter. The Brandons said a special prayer for her tonight and will continue until she is at home in your arms. By the way what hospital are you in?
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