Friday, November 21, 2008

I got to see Nevaeh for the first time last night. She has lost some weight, down to 1lb 14oz. Yesterday started out as a rough day for her. One of her lungs collapsed due to the intibation tube being too far in but it was reinflated once they took xrays and were able to reinsert it properly. They took her off the regular ventilator, which was pumping 60 times per minute and put her on a special machine that was at a rate of 200 per minutes, but very small puffs per time. This helps keep her more comfortable and is better for her lungs. She was having problems with her oxygen, so they had to raise the amount to 80%, which is not a good sign, but as the day progressed, she responded well and they were able to lower it to 60, then 40, and when we left last night it was down to 23%, Praise God. She also had a heart murmur, but started her on medication that helped it. Serena came home last night and later on called up to the NICU unit to check on Nevaeh and found out they had to give her some blood, her level was low from all the blood tests she had, this was normal. Nevaeh has RDS which is resperatory distress syndrom but they are keeping her sedated to keep her comfortable. That is all the details for now, more later

No comments: