Praise God for progress! I have NO doubt that God is hearing and answering the prayers of the faithful...YOUR prayers! THANK YOU!
Brooke has made some amazing strides in the last 48 hours. Doctors concluded that she had either a little too much fluid in her lungs and/or a partially collapsed lung that was causing extra stress in the form of breathing issues, high blood pressure and an elevated heart rate for Brooke. However, once they got her relaxed with some sedative and got her to calm down consistently throughout the day, her heart rate and blood pressure finally leveled off and have stayed within a fairly normal range. She's also having some therapy where they pat her back for several minutes to loosen mucous in her lungs and then suction it out. She loves the patting. The suctioning, not so much. :/ The therapy seems to be making a big difference though.
So, within the last 48 hours... She had her chest tubes removed. Yay! She has been weaned off all medications other than a little Tylenol now and then. She has also been weaned back down to a "normal" cannula for oxygen. They are still trying to find the right balance of oxygen for her so that she's not working so hard to breath normally. Naturally, her heart rate tends to increase when she's working harder to breath. But, overall, she is much more content throughout the day. She is sounding and looking much more like a "normal" newborn. The sweet little kitten-like sounds are turning into those sweet newborn cries as she works through the hoarseness from having the breathing tube.
She also started feeds again today. Wahoo!! She's tolerating mommy's milk very well. And...the big news yesterday was that John and I got to snuggle her for the first time since her surgery last Monday. Heaven. A little piece of heaven. And, I shouldn't be surprised at how very content she was in our arms. She hasn't slept so soundly or been so content since her surgery as she was when she was in my or John's arms. I held her for a while today as well. I. am. in. love. :)
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Such wonderful news!! God is doing mighty things through your precious warrior. Thank you so much for sharing. I love the pictures. She beautiful, and the improvement is amazing.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the picture of Abby and Brooke looking at each other! I am so happy things are going so well. I will keep praying!
ReplyDeleteHE hears our every prayer and knows our hearts desires. We are overjoyed with all the great news on Miss Brooke's progress. Continued blessings as we continue to pray you all home.
ReplyDeleteIs it wrong that I keep coming back to look at these pictures over and over? She is just so precious (and I can't believe how good you look, too!!) Thank you for the update!
ReplyDeleteGod is so good!! Continuing to keep you all in our prayers & thank you for the blog so we can see Brooke's progress! What a strong little girl!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for updating the blog. We love seeing the stride's she is making. I am going to STL on Tuesday for an appt. and would like to drop off a little something from some of those from John's work. Please have John email me if we can meet up.
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