Eight days after her surgery and Ella is still on the Oscillator. She wants to breath on her own, which works against the machine to respirate her, so the doctors have increased her sedation several times over the last couple of days. Even so, she has been awake, sqirmy, and still tries to breath over the machine.
Slight reductions in her settings. Doctors have been monitoring her blood gas levels by taking samples every four hours. They look in particular at her oxygen and CO2 levels - these levels are critical, especially now as her brain is developing. Her lungs have not been healthy enough to sustain proper levels even on the respirator, which is why the oscillator is being used.
Rumors are that they might be able to take her off the oscillator and go to the respirator maybe today. We will believe it when we see it...
They have re-started her lasiks (dieuretic) medication to help her eliminate all of the excess fluid. She is starting to look better - like our baby instead of puff-baby.
Love - Bill Denise Ella T
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