Good morning...is it morning? Well, whenever it is...
We have progress! Although Ellody did not improve at all over the night and I got a little flustered with the doctor/nurses, we are seeing progress this morning. Once she finally settled around 2 am, Ellody slept peacefully until around 7, which is great!
She had a rough nursing session this morning because of all the coughing, thus most of the milk came back up. Before the next feeding I had the nurse come in and suction her. She took a great feeding that time and I also gave her a sponge bath. Right before the bath the respiration specialist came in and we decided to go ahead and lower the oxygen. She was only receiving half a liter so we were going to lower it to a quarter a liter. However, the oxygen meter that she currently has only goes by halves, so it can only go from .5 down to 0. I gave her the go ahead to try just turning it off. Well, that was three hours ago and Ellody has responded wonderfully!!! Ideally, her level would be at 100% and with RSV it is acceptable to be anything above 90%. She has been hovering right about 93% since it was turned off.
In order to be discharged, she must be completely off any oxygen support for 24 consecutive hours. Please pray that this process has started.
Thanks for the continued prayer and support. Joe is going to bring the girls up later this afternoon so that I can at least go down and have a meal with them...I miss them terribly!
Blessings,
Melissa
PS - Thank you all for lifting me up in your prayers too. I was reminded this morning how different our situation could have been when our new roommate was admitted straight from the ER in almost the exact same condition as Ellody a few days ago.
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