Monday, May 4, 2009

Afternoon visit

David is doing about the same. The doctors words were, "better than last night but not as good as 2 days ago." It was really hard to see him on the oscilator again with the nitric oxide tanks at his bedside. The equipment makes an awful lot of noise, he looks swollen and was agitated. All we could do was sit and stare. His newest goals have been set to weaning medications as tolerated and of course weaning his oscilator and oxygen settings after the medications. As of yet, they have been unable to decrease anything but he is stable for now. The doctor thinks much of his problem is simple immaturity of the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems. This means only time will tell when he will tolerate all of the weaning. There was also mention of the possibility of chronic lung disease. His blood cultures came back negative which seemed to sort of surprise the doctor.

Mary Louise is doing quite well. She is tolerating weaning of her vent settings and oxygen. Her blood cultures, however, are still positive and they had to pull one of her umbilical lines today. She now has an IV in her foot and one in her arm. Hopefully, these will last at least 48 hours. She still has an umbilical artery line and they are hoping that it is not causing the infection as it is allowing for blood draws without repeated needle sticks. We'll see in the next couple of days. Her plan is to continue weaning the settings on the vent and weaning of the dopamine as tolerated.

More news tomorrow...

5 comments:

  1. Thanks so much for the update. I know they are hard. Take good care. Love you so.

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  2. Hang in there, Heather.... Thinking of you and the babies often... I know it must be so hard to be away from them, and so scary when the phone rings. Call if there's anything at all I can do to help!

    Hannah

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  3. I apprecite you keeping us informed on the latest. We will keep on keepin on praying that is. We love you all and hope these bumps smooth out soon.

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  4. They ended up having to put an IV in Jacob's head which was hard to see but I guess pretty common. We're keeping all of you in our prayers and if there's anything I can do, don't hesitate to ask.

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  5. I've added your petition to my prayers to St. Clare - hugs!

    O Glorious St. Clare! God has given you the power of working miracles continually, and the favor of answering the prayers of those who invoke your assistance in misfortune, anxiety, and distress. We beseech you, obtain from Jesus through Mary His Blessed Mother, what we beg of you so fervently and hopefully, for the strength and health of the LeBlanc Family - especially Mary Louise and David Oliver, if it be for the greater honor and glory of God and for the good of our souls. Amen.

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