Monday, June 8, 2009

Difficulites with IVs

Today before Lynnea's CT scan, they had to put in an IV in order to sedate her during the scan. This didn't go well. Usually, the people from Vascular Access do a pretty good job getting IVs in because this is something that they do all the time. They tried four times, and each time, the IV infiltrated before Lynnea made it downstairs to get her CT scan done. In the end, someone from Sedation was able to get one in to use during the scan. So, now Lynnea has bruises all over her arms, hands, and legs. Other than that, she had a good day -- full of smiles and giggles all evening.

We don't have the results of the CT scan yet; the preliminary results weren't particularly useful as far as predicting what the cardiology team will want to do next. It will probably be several days before the cardiology team makes any decisions regarding what's next for Lynnea, but from the sounds of things, we shouldn't have to stay in the hospital the entire time because Lynnea is stable, and there isn't really any reason to keep her here while they discuss her case. We are still working on getting her feedings back on track, but so far they have been going well, and if they continue to go well, we will go home.

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