The good news is that Izzy is doing well on her ventilator, she has gone down on her settings again so we're crossing our fingers that this means her antibiotics are working well and getting rid of that infection.
The nurse practitioner called this morning to let us know that Isabelle's hemoglobin was low so they are going to proceed with a blood transfusion this afternoon. Blood transfusions are scary because they can cause intestinal problems and just in general it's scary to put someone else's blood inside of her. However, it's needed because she needs more blood volume because of how much has been taken out.
They will also be doing the spinal tap this afternoon to check for meningitis. The NP said she didn't think it would come back positive but we won't know until we do it.
7:30 Update:
The blood culture that they took yesterday unfortunately came back positive. They will continue to do blood cultures everyday until it comes back negative two times, so we're hoping that happens sooner rather than later, we don't want another blood transfusion and I hate seeing her poked and prodded so much.
She is still doing great on her ventilator, hanging right around 25-26% O2, which is awesome! And she has been peeing much more since they gave the blood transfusion so we are thrilled with that.
They skipped a feeding after the transfusion to try and minimize damage to her intestines. So far she is looking good so they've started feedings up again. She's up to 10 mL each feeding and she weighs a whopping 2lb 1oz! Sadly some of that weight is from swelling so we're hoping to see her weight go down at the next care time.
We're still waiting on the meningitis results, so we'll hope and pray all night that it comes back negative.
We love every little movement that we see from our sweet Izzy, the love we have is immeasurable for all 2 pounds of her. And I'll probably say this a million times, but we are SO grateful for all the nurses, doctors, nurse practitioners, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, and EVERYONE ELSE putting their time, talents, and knowledge into healing our baby girl. Everyone has been so impressive and nice to all of us and we are so grateful for that. Most of all we are so grateful for all the prayers that have been given in her and our behalf. We know without the power of God our miracle baby wouldn't be here today. Your prayers have moved mountains in our eyes, so thank you!
The nurse practitioner called this morning to let us know that Isabelle's hemoglobin was low so they are going to proceed with a blood transfusion this afternoon. Blood transfusions are scary because they can cause intestinal problems and just in general it's scary to put someone else's blood inside of her. However, it's needed because she needs more blood volume because of how much has been taken out.
They will also be doing the spinal tap this afternoon to check for meningitis. The NP said she didn't think it would come back positive but we won't know until we do it.
7:30 Update:
The blood culture that they took yesterday unfortunately came back positive. They will continue to do blood cultures everyday until it comes back negative two times, so we're hoping that happens sooner rather than later, we don't want another blood transfusion and I hate seeing her poked and prodded so much.
She is still doing great on her ventilator, hanging right around 25-26% O2, which is awesome! And she has been peeing much more since they gave the blood transfusion so we are thrilled with that.
They skipped a feeding after the transfusion to try and minimize damage to her intestines. So far she is looking good so they've started feedings up again. She's up to 10 mL each feeding and she weighs a whopping 2lb 1oz! Sadly some of that weight is from swelling so we're hoping to see her weight go down at the next care time.
We're still waiting on the meningitis results, so we'll hope and pray all night that it comes back negative.
We love every little movement that we see from our sweet Izzy, the love we have is immeasurable for all 2 pounds of her. And I'll probably say this a million times, but we are SO grateful for all the nurses, doctors, nurse practitioners, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, and EVERYONE ELSE putting their time, talents, and knowledge into healing our baby girl. Everyone has been so impressive and nice to all of us and we are so grateful for that. Most of all we are so grateful for all the prayers that have been given in her and our behalf. We know without the power of God our miracle baby wouldn't be here today. Your prayers have moved mountains in our eyes, so thank you!
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