08/30/2009

Well today was a lil step back but these things are to be expected. But anyway they put the breathing tube back in this morning. I guess she was breathing hard and her blood gas was not very good. Her blood gas is just the oxygen and carbon dioxide content in her blood. But this isn't anything really to worry about since it happens a lot, she just isn't quite ready. They are not entirely sure why though either. Her stomach is a lil distended (enlarged) this can make it hard for her to breath because it pushes against her diaphragm. They took blood cultures also cause there is the possibility of an infection. It could also be withdrawal from the fentanyl. But there are no real tell tale signs as to which one it might be so we are just gonna kinda watch it for a couple days till the cultures come back and see what happens. With the breathing tube they put the tube in her nose again that goes into her stomach. They turned the suction off on her G-Tube because there was the possibility that that was cause some irritation and causing the slight bleeding that was being sucked from her G-Tube. Of course with all of this we can not hold her anymore. They also had to put another line in her foot because they took it out last night, and left the arterial line in her leg. She received another blood transfusion, and will most likely require another sometime the next couple days. I really lost count on how many this has been but it is definitely more than ten. There was also an issue today where grandma had to get everyone's attention in the intensive care unit and get a nurse in the room stat cause her respiratory rate was down to 19. When really she was on the ventilator and that didn't matter cause it was breathing for her. All in all it was an ok day. Were gonna have set backs on the road to recovery but as long as it's nothing drastic then all we can do is just keep moving forward. So once again say a lil prayer for lil Mackenzie.


I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the lord has done.
Psalm 118:17