Thursday, October 2, 2008

Looking Ahead

I'm happy to report that Ellie has been doing well since we last blogged. Over the night she had 18 desats and 1 brady, all self resolved. Since 7 am this morning she's only had 2 desats. So she continues to breath well without any breathing support. Pray that she will continue to breath well beyond the next couple days. She still hasn't really had any stools since her 24 hour break in feedings. She had a smear this morning, other than that she hasn't had a stool since 11 am yesterday. So if she doesn't have a stool at her 11 am feeding today hopefully she will at her 2 pm feeding. We are also looking forward to our care conference this afternoon. We are pleased to once again have Dr. Hall as the physician on call today so she will be the doctor at our care conference. Remember Ellie doesn't have a particular doctor assigned to her, but Dr. Hall is the one who keeps popping up at significant times. (i.e. her birth and our first two care conferences) We thank God for that, even though we know the other doctors are quite capable too.

2 comments:

  1. Great word choice...smear. That gives us all a wonderful image :)
    Keep on pooping Ellie!! You can do it! I'm glad that she is doing a good job of breathing on her own...what a huge step!
    Hopefully we'll see you all soon!
    ~Dana

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  2. come on little girl, those deep breaths are good for ya...keep up the good work...grandma is so proud of you. I finally got some prints made so I can pull them out in a moment's notice to show everyone my little trooper!! love you, hugs to all...you're all showing us what you're made of...the right stuff!!!

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