9:00 pm...
During late afternoon rounds the team discussed Brooke's elevated heart rate. All other numbers look good, and Brooke looks pretty good herself. Huge praise! However, they are trying to determine why her heart rate is remaining elevated into the 180's. An EKG was done but showed no signs of abnormal arrhythmia. They will reassess at rounds in the morning. If her heart rate hasn't come down into the 150's/160's, they will do an ECHO to gain more information.
Please pray for a significant decrease in heart rate and for it to remain steady in the range the doctors want it. Also, please pray that the team quickly determines why her heart rate is elevated and the best approach to getting it to come down. They are basically looking for answers at this point.
A praise...Brooke is awake enough that she is responding to our touch and voice. She grips our finger and doesn't want to let go. So sweet. She has opened her eyes just a bit but is still heavily sedated. Helps to know she can hear and sense that Mommy and Daddy are near her. We just have to be careful that the stimulation doesn't increase her heart rate.
1:50 pm...
During late afternoon rounds the team discussed Brooke's elevated heart rate. All other numbers look good, and Brooke looks pretty good herself. Huge praise! However, they are trying to determine why her heart rate is remaining elevated into the 180's. An EKG was done but showed no signs of abnormal arrhythmia. They will reassess at rounds in the morning. If her heart rate hasn't come down into the 150's/160's, they will do an ECHO to gain more information.
Please pray for a significant decrease in heart rate and for it to remain steady in the range the doctors want it. Also, please pray that the team quickly determines why her heart rate is elevated and the best approach to getting it to come down. They are basically looking for answers at this point.
A praise...Brooke is awake enough that she is responding to our touch and voice. She grips our finger and doesn't want to let go. So sweet. She has opened her eyes just a bit but is still heavily sedated. Helps to know she can hear and sense that Mommy and Daddy are near her. We just have to be careful that the stimulation doesn't increase her heart rate.
1:50 pm...
Doc just came in to assess Brooke. Still doing well. Numbers look good. They just cut her sedative dose in half to get her to wake up a little more. The next big goal is to wean her from the ventilator and get her breathing on her own. Waking up will help in working toward this goal. It will be a gradual process as her sweet little heart must tolerate the change. Once she is breathing on her own and her heart is stable with this adjustment, they will start gradually working her off the other medications and removing tubes and IVs and such...and there are a lot of them. Hour-by-hour. Another step forward! Keep praying!
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