All of her vitals stabilized overnight so that was reassuring that the blood transfusion worked. She was able to get her catheter and ART line out this morning. Her lungs were beginning to get a little crackly so we needed to get her up and moving so she doesn't end up with pneumonia. She cracks everyone up because when she goes for a walk around the unit it is at a speed walk. It actually becomes hard to keep up with her with her IV poles, making sure she's supported, and keeping the lines up so she doesn't trip herself. She just books it right along! If she's going to be forced to walk it's going to be the fastest walk ever so she can go lay back down. She also still has an IV in her foot, but she doesn't care about that she's focused on finishing.
She started her tube feedings at about 9:45 this morning with some pediasure, the PICU doctor wanted to wait until her vitals stabilized before we added another thing to her plate. Well after one of her walks this afternoon she threw up twice and so we had to stop the feedings and wait 2 hours and then start back at square one with the amount and speed it was given. So far she seems to be tolerating the pediasure right now but only time will tell. It's a little setback but it wasn't surprising that it happened. The doctors had warned us it could.
She had slept basically the whole day unless we had her up walking. She is no longer PICU status so that is a great milestone.
We turned the halo 3 times today and she's handling that great.
She's doing great and we hope she continues to hit milestones and get closer to discharge.
No comments:
Post a Comment