March 7, 2010

I spent my afternoon with Miss Avery today. She is doing well. She gave the nurses a run for their money this a.m. when she yanked out her own ventilator tube! She extubated herself! She is a wild woman. And she's strong! The other day I watched her move her head from one side to the other. She bent the ventilator tube in the process! Crazy girl. She had to be re-intubated today, but other than that she is doing good. She is going through the process of being weaned off the ventilator (again) and seems to be tolerating it well this time. She's back on her caffiene again...

She is up to 2 pounds 10 ounces and is on full feeds. They tried to add some lipids (fats) to her formula to help her gain weight more quickly, but it made her have diarrhea, so they stopped it. The main goals at this point are to get her to gain weight and to get her weaned off the ventilator. Hopefully she can make some progress in both of these areas this week. I will keep you updated! I'm also going to try to get some good pics of her this week. She is so cute - she's getting baby fat (can you believe it?) on her cheeks and her thighs! So sweet!