Today was a pretty stable day for Noelle, and we are so thankful for
that after the last few days of dipping up and down on the
roller coaster. They did an echocardiogram today to check on her PDA and
hopefully will have the results of that tomorrow. They also did
another cranial ultrasound to make sure that the blood clot in her brain
is diminishing and resolving itself, so hopefully we will have those
results tomorrow as well. They took her off the jet ventilator today
and then put her back onto it again as they are trying to figure out the
best settings to help drain the fluid in her lungs that has collected
because of the PDA. It has its pros and cons both medically and
comfortably for her as she does not like the jet ventilator as well and
often tries to breathe over it (which they do not want her to do when
she is on it....it defeats its purpose). She also gets extremely
agitated on it so they finally gave her a fentanyl drip to help her calm
down, and she seems to be doing much better. She was alert for quite a
bit tonight, and it is fun to talk to her and watch her eyes follow our
voices as we speak and read to her. She definitely seems to recognize
our voices--so we try to speak to her when things are calm and not when
people are poking her--we don't want her associating us with pain and
prodding!! She also reached 510 grams today, praise the Lord!! She is
even physically starting to look a little bigger, and it's exciting to
see the small amounts of growth in her. We are so thankful for these
past 3 weeks and thank God for each and every day that He gives us with
her. She has blessed our lives so much already, and we are ever
grateful to Him for how He is using her to mold and change us and draw
us closer to Him. Thank you for being a part of that process with us!!
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