Today as I walked through the doors to the NICU, the surgical resident and head nurse smiled at me and gave me a big "Good Morning!", and followed me into the room.
I looked to see where her "Breaths per minute" were at. They were twice what she was at yesterday. I then turned to look at the ventilator to see if they had increased her rate and noticed that the vent machine was GONE! The resident looked over with a big grin.
Apparently, the decision to take the vent off was Sarah's. When she gets those mittens off, she goes right for the tubes. She pulled the tubes out and by the time the staff got to her, she was breathing better on her own.
She also has not had morphine for eight hours and was sleeping soundly. Everyone here seems to be very surprised at the quick turnaround.
The next hurdle will be seeing if she can "produce". Once that happens, we will see if she can tolerate feedings.
(She just woke for a second, made a sound and went back to sleep)
Her belly looks good. If the last tube comes out, we will hold her in the not so distant future.
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3 comments:
As da Coach would say, dats nize to hear!
If she is the Kolassa we know she is, she'll be able to "produce". Rob-
You write very well.
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