On Saturday morning Blakelee had 4 IVs. They were giving her nutrition, 2 antibiotics, and then the medicine to close the PDA. She got a blood transfusion on Saturday morning as well and that seemed to help things a lot.
The medicine that they give her to help close the PDA is kind of like ibuprophen and constricts the tissue. Well it worked on her kidneys and pretty much shut them down. In the picture above she is quite swollen from all the fluid build up. She's a little chubber. They started giving her lasix to help with the fluid and Mandi said last night that she wasn't quite so chubby. Before Saturday was out though she had an IV in each hand, one in the foot, one in the leg, one in her forehead and one behind her ear.
They did a 3rd spinal tap on Saturday and it came back clear so they were able to stop the antibiotics and start feeding her a little.
Sunday morning they were able to put in a PIC line IV and were able to remove all the other IVs except the one behind her ear. I guess Saturday night the left lung was having trouble staying inflated but was much improved Sunday morning. As of Sunday afternoon she just had the pic line in her forearm and the arterial line in her leg. They are feeding her 3 mil every 3 hours.
They will let Blakelee rest for the week and probably check the end of the week to see if the PDA had closed. They are upping her feedings today and starting to wean her off the vent. Long week for the babe, I hope this next week is calmer for her.
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