More Things to Check Off!!

Hey everyone, Just wanted to let you know about more good things going on with Reagan.  Yesterday, she was able to get her wires out that measure her PA & LA pressures. She was also able to come off of another med (dopamine) that she's been on since surgery.  She's up to 15ml/hr on her formula and doing well. In getting her feeds, she's now able to get chloryl (a sedation med that works well for her).  So, she has been much more comfortable and calm....not "waking" as much which is so much easier to watch than her fighting against the breathing tube. Yesterday, after a dose of chloryl, I was able to wash her hair as best I could.  That was really the first time since surgery that it had been washed and was starting to look like a rat's nest.  I'm so glad I was able to wash it while she was out of it because it still had blood in it from surgery.  Nasty, I know.  She just looked so much better with clean hair & all those tangles out.

Yesterday, they took her catheter out but then she didn't pee like they wanted her to so overnight the catheter was reinserted.  Hopefully, she will start peeing better so she can get it out for good and not risk a urinary tract infection.  This morning, the surgical team removed both of her chest tubes and she is sleeping soundly from the sedation from that procedure.  Her x-rays have not looked great (which Reagan's never do) so they are agressively working to try to clear her lungs with breathing treatment meds, CPT, suctioning and moving her from side to side.  Reagan is so strong she can cough stuff up on her own so I hope they do not leave the breathing tube in any longer on that account.  She is doing well with the wean they have been doing on the ventilator and is actually taker more breaths on her own than the vent is for her.  This is a step in the right direction.  They are talking about possibly having her extubated over the weekend.  I pray sooner than later as Rod and Nolan leave on Monday and want Rod to be able to hold her before going home.

Thank you all again for your continued prayers!  Baby Arden's surgery was successful and now her oxygen levels have been much better.

Want to say a special thank you to the Farester family for the goody box we received.  It contained snacks, playdough, and a yellow squishy ball.  Reagan loves the color yellow and loves balls so I cannot wait for her to wake up and be able to play with it.