Monday, April 20, 2009 My Visit With Shailee Today

We went to see Shailee again today, and she is still doing good. She is up to 66 cc's of formula every 4 hours, and she is still handling her feedings really good. they did a chest x-ray today and her lungs still look a bit hazy, but they are getting better. they switched her to the oral heart medication and stopped the milrinone from the iv drip, and they also switched her to oral antidiuretics, so right now the only thing that she is getting through the iv is the antibiotic, and she has to have that for a total of 10 days and once that is done they are going to take out the pic line and she will not have any iv's at all! the cardiologist said that the heart is looking good and all is going well with the new heart medication. the pediatric surgeon came in today and looked at her belly again and he said that it is looking good. I was there today when the nurse changed the dressing on her belly, and it is down to about the size of a nickle, and it is healing up nicely, so if it keeps going that way then she will only have to have the surgery to close the abdomen wall and they wont have to worry about messing with any of the organs, which is what we want. Shailee was in a much better mood today then she has been in a while, and she was awake for 2 to 2 1/2 hours straight today,which she normally doesn't do. well there really aren't any other updates for today, but there is a new picture.