Friday, February 24, 2012

UPS AND DOWNS IN THE NICU 1-23/ 1-28

1-23-10
Elizabeth had a lot of residuals with her feeding today (spit it back up) so they had to give her a suppository and decrease her feeding to 1 cc every 4 hours. She got another Echo and her PDA is still there.  She weighs 1 pound 9 oz now! and she gets to wear her first dress tomorrow!

Riley started ibuprfoen today for her PDA. They decreased her feedings to 1 cc every 3 hrs.

1-24-10
Riley was put on the oscillator vent today (doctors say its just like the jet but helps with CO2 levels)
Elizabeth was put back on the Jet vent today

Riley is not eating at all anymore and Elizabeth is only eating 1 cc every 6 hours (they said this if from the PDA medication upsetting their tummies)

1-25-10
Really no change in anything today!

1-26-10
Both girls doing good today.
Riley's brain ultrasound still shows L4 bleed on the right side.
Riley was on 67 percent oxygen this morning but by 1130 she went down to 32.
Liz is on 50 % oxygen and now weighs 1 pound 9.8 oz

1-27-10
TWO WEEKS OLD!
Today we found out that Elizabeth was going to need to be airlifted to another hospital soon to get her PDA fixed becuase the medication was not working BUT on the bright side, her brain ultrasound is perfect.

Both girls weigh 1 pnd 11 oz today and Riley came off of her UV lights and is now eating 2 cc of milk again.

1-28-10
Riley had her first of many blood transfusions today.
Both girls having blood pressure issues...they hear Riley's murmor again today :/

Elizabeth's sats keep dropping becuase she is moving so much...they want to sedate her but they can't becuase her BP is so low.
Riley, again. is not eating :/

















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