August 6th, 2007
Megan is going to be famous! Dr. Farrag, the physican filling in for Dr. Omar, would like to take a picture of Megan with her neo bar for his hospital. The neo bar is the white plastic bar across her mouth that holds her tubes in place. Dr. Farrag's hospital does not use them and he would like to get his hospital to order them. He wants to take a picture of Meggers to show one in use. 4 1/2 weeks old and a star already!
She is back up to 2 lbs 10 oz. Her breathing is showing definite improvements. She started the day at 25% oxygen when she usually starts off at 30-32%. Great! She is keeping her saturation stable which is also good news.
Her feedings are going well (now that Mom stopped eating chocolate!). In less than 2 weeks she will start taking one feeding a day from the bottle. That will be so exciting! She is expected to be off the ventilator today or tomorrow - then we can see her cute face!
Megan is going to be famous! Dr. Farrag, the physican filling in for Dr. Omar, would like to take a picture of Megan with her neo bar for his hospital. The neo bar is the white plastic bar across her mouth that holds her tubes in place. Dr. Farrag's hospital does not use them and he would like to get his hospital to order them. He wants to take a picture of Meggers to show one in use. 4 1/2 weeks old and a star already!
She is back up to 2 lbs 10 oz. Her breathing is showing definite improvements. She started the day at 25% oxygen when she usually starts off at 30-32%. Great! She is keeping her saturation stable which is also good news.
Her feedings are going well (now that Mom stopped eating chocolate!). In less than 2 weeks she will start taking one feeding a day from the bottle. That will be so exciting! She is expected to be off the ventilator today or tomorrow - then we can see her cute face!
Well, guess who is now off the ventilator.... :) The nurse took Megan off the vent at 10am and put her on a CPAP which is a piece that goes in her nose. We got to see her face and we heard her sneeze! The nurse said that now she can cry. She has been crying a bit, but her voice will be raspy / hoarse for a little bit from the vent tube.
They did do a culture before starting the steroids and she does still have some bacteria leftover from her infection. Dr. Farrag said they normally wouldn't treat it until after the steroids, but it is a bad strain that is resistant to many antibiotics and there is a lot of it. So, he started her on two antibiotics to treat it aggresively. With her being on steriods, it is harder for her to fight infections, so he is going to attack this bacteria before it affects her. Right now, she is still acting very healthy, so I'm glad we caught this early! He said that today was her best check up and her lungs sounded great.
She also got a small blood transfusion this morning. Bob's blood was about to expire and they decided to give her a little since they had the IV in for the antibiotics.
She looked great at our visit! She is even doing better than they expected on the CPAP, so we hope that she keeps u the good work!
5 comments:
Hurrah for Megan, our shining star!! Glad everything is going well. She took the doctor's orders seriously, that's our girl!!
Grandma and Grandpa Foster
How exciting. I love the picture - is that scrapbooking I see?
Megan, the model! Glad they caught the infection now so it can be treated right away. Great picture!
Hello Megan! This is your Great Aunt Theresa. I know that sounds old, but really, I'm much younger than your grandma Klinger.
I've been reading your Mom's wonderful blog, but am just finally getting around to posting a comment. I love reading about each of your days and seeing your cute-as-a-button pictures!
You've been through so much and are doing so well! We are all praying for you. I cannot believe you are already over one month old! Happy Belated birthday! I can't wait to see you.
Hi Susie,
Reading this, keeping a patient waiting, but I was in withdrawal to find out some more Meganews (get it? Megan News???)
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