Great progress for little Ella yesterday. They finally gave her a chance on the ventillator, and she is doing very well. The vent is still a tube directed into her lungs, but it only supplies a lower pressure and assists her with breathing if she falls below a set rate. So far, she has been primarily breathing on her own, and at a low oxygen setting of 24%. Doctors are very pleased, and say that she is now not far away from getting off of the vent as well - maybe a few days.
Also, they doubled-up on her lasiks meds to help her pee out additional fluids. Her appearance is much less puffy now, and she looks almost back to normal. She still has lots of fluid and goo in her lungs which are suctioned out regulary, so they will continue her on the lasiks to help eliminate the extra fluid. They are gradually lowering her morphine meds from surgery and oscillator - should be off of these soon.
Her weight is now 4lbs 4oz.
Love - Bill Denise Ella T
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woo hoo!! Amazing news!! Go Ella. she is a superstar ;0
ReplyDeleteGood news guys. I have been eagerly awaiting your posts to see how Ella's doing. Knowing how quickly things change I bet by the end of the week their will be significant changes, for the good. I can't believe how big she is getting given she has been NPO so often, once she starts eating she is going to take off!! Thanks for the update, Sara, Mike and Haley
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