Sunday, May 2, 2010

Can you find what's missing?




Today was a huge day for Sophia. She took big steps and had her vent removed. We are not out of the woods yet. Sophia has to stay stable on her high flow oxygen. She is currently at the 6LMP and can go up to as high as 8LMP before they would put her back on her vent. The new high flow oxygen machine starts at 2LMP and tops out at 8LMP. It is not uncommon for CHD babies to have to be re-intubated but we are really hoping that our little Sophia will be able to keep up the good work and continue to progress positively as she has done these past few days. She really seems to like not having the tube in her mouth. Her heart rate has been and has stayed lower then it has the last several days. Sophia is also tolerating her feeds and is up to 4ML per hour. She has an Echo Cardiogram and a blood gas test scheduled for tomorrow, the results of the tests will tell us how she is doing with all of her changes.
Although Sophia still has tubes in her nose that are taped to her skin it is really nice to be able to see her little face for the first time with out the respirator and all of the tape that went along with it .

3 comments:

  1. She looks so peaceful! And beautiful, of course! I will continue to pray that she stays strong and recovers well.
    Love,
    Jess

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  2. She looks beautiful! I am so happy for all of you! Keep up the good work Sophia;)

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  3. Keep the great work little lady! You are doing great and so beautiful!

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