Friday, May 2, 2008
Another Good Day
Gracie is doing well again this morning. Because they took her completely off her IV milrinone drip which is for her blood pressure, her blood pressure went a little high. They are giving her another kind of blood pressure medication through her feeding tube now. The plastic surgeon came by early this morning and looked at her chest wound. The nurse said that the surgeon cut away all the fat (he had previously taken the scab off a few days earlier). This I guess promotes better healing. They are having the 'wound care team' come by and put a wound vac on her chest. Apparently it is a tube connected to a little machine that sits on the floor and continuously kind of suctions the wound and helps it heal. Very interesting. On her hi-pressure nose cannula--she is down from a 6 to a 4 with 2 being the lowest. They go down a half a point every six hours. So if things continue to go well, she will be off of it by tomorrow. At that point, they will switch her to just oxygen and then wean her down off of that. They are also coming down on her methadone. Whew! Did you get all that? It sounds like if she continues to do well, we will move to the third floor Monday or Tuesday. So our sweetie girl is doing really good. Thanks for all of your continued prayers on our behalf--we are grateful for all of our blessings.
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22 comments:
It's so good to hear she is doing so wonderful.
FYI. The wound Vac works AWESOME!!! They used that as a last ditch effort to help Kaidence's VAD site infection heal and it was two BIG Nasty holes That had to also be cut away and cleaned. I think they were suprised at how well it worked. Good Luck with it. It made all the difference for Kaidence and her scars actually look much better than anyone expected.
Way to go Gracie!!!
With Hope and Love,
Shauntelle and Kaidence
Wonderful progress! Keep it up Gracie!
hugs & prayers,
Christina
Yeah!!!
You Go Gracie
Wow, what great progress Gracie. She sure wants to come home. That would be a great Mother's Day gift if she was home!
so glad for the good news. I put her name in the Redlands temple again last night. I hope it is another good day.
Way to go Gracie,
We are so happy that your doing better. We LOVE you! Tom and Michele we are so happy for you that things are going good. Soon you will have your SWEET little girl home and what a great day to look forward too! We continue to pray for you and your family hang in there! It looks like the sun is going to start SHINING. We could all use a little of that.
Always thing of you,
The Bunkers
Keep the good news coming! We love it!
Love, Nat, Alan and kids
GO GRACIE!!! GO GRACIE!!! ***little dance***
SAWEET!!
That is just AMAZING. This whole thing is a MIRACLE. I'm assuming the third floor for less critical babies? Going down a floor sounds good...2nd floor, 1st floor, out the door!!!! What a good day.
You don't know me, my name is Linda Spiker (Courtney Spiker, my daughter, is good friends with Tiffany) any way, I have been peeking in on your journey and am always impressed by the grace and strength your family continuously shows thru this difficult struggle. My prayers and thought are with you and amazing Grace!~ Linda spiker
Glad to hear things are going well! We think of Gracie daily! Still keeping you in our prayers.
I am really happy for Gracie and the whole family. Special times for special people....and we will keep on praying for all of those two steps forward (and forget about any steps back) ;-)
Seeing your post day after day get better and better for Gracie is Awesome!!! Can't you wait til she's older and you can tell her how strong she was and how she recovered like a trooper should? I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU GRACIE!!!
Much Love and Many Prayers~
Just wanted to say the pictures are priceless and I still check in every day thinking of your family. It makes me happy every time I get to read of your good news and hope for the day when you all can come home to the neighborhood. Love, Lewis family
That is amazing news, what a little miracle she continues to be!! We are so thrilled your family keeps getting positive news, it's been a tough journey. We are still praying for you.
The Feinauer Family
We are so glad that Gracie continues to improve and do well. She is such a beautiful baby in body and spirit and we're so blessed to experience this miracle with you! My brother (Kent) entered the Primary Children's fun run race this morning and ran with a picture of Gracie on his shirt. He took first place so I figure that's a really good sign!!! Keep up the good get well pace sweet girl!
Love,
Melissa
I'm so glad that Gracie is doing well. I still keep her in my prayers every night.
Love,
Mackenzie Laurence
Gracie is so sweet - I hope she keeps doing well.
From,
Clayton Laurence
Hi, I link on to your blog when I am checking on Kaidence. Your little Gracie is a miracle. It just amazes me what they can do for these sweet little spirits. I am so happy that she has made such incredible progress. We will pray for her, fast for her as well tomorrow. May you keep receiving miracles. Debbie Mitchell
Yeah for Gracie and you! I have been out of town and am glad to hear she is doing well. She looks great!
I think yesterday may have been the first time in 6 weeks that you have not posted everyday! Yes, it is a beautiful thing that you are now more busy holding her and being her mommy!! I am so happy for you guys. Best of luck this week getting to 3rd floor, at last!
I had the opportunity to be in the San Diego and LA temples this week and put Gracie's name on both prayer rolls!!! I figured any extra prayers can't hurt. Thinking of your family always!! Love you guys! Shari
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