As I mentioned yesterday, Avi had an echo cardiogram done and it showed that the PDA has not yet closed. The doctor had hoped that by re-intubating her, she would not desat (apnea episodes). However, her desats continued throughout the day yesterday and throughout last night. Her blood pressure also began to drop. The doctor felt that the issues she was having were attributed to her PDA still being open. Therefore, they decided to start her on medication this morning which is supposed to help close the PDA. She will get three doses (began at 11 a.m. today) every twelve hours and then have another echo cardiogram done on Monday to see if it closed. The good news is that once she started the meds this morning, her desats stopped. She was wide awake tonight while I changed her, took her temp, weighed her and just sat by her bedside. She is such a precious little girl.
Deacon's has been having some minor episodes of puking. His milk amount had gone up from .9 ml/hour yesterday to 1.6 ml/hour today. The nurse put him on his tummy and once she did, he stopped the puking. Maybe this kid will love tummy time! They checked his tummy tonight to see if he was digesting the milk and they weren't able to pull much out. They're not sure where the puking episode came from. Hopefully it will resolve itself. His diaper was proof that he's been digesting it too:-). Deacon isn't a fan of his changing time, but he's still such a handsome little man!
