A Little More Stable

Today Lynnea's blood pressures were more stable than yesterday and last night. Still dropping here and there lower than anyone is happy with, but not as often, which is better. Her fever was up most of the day, but this afternoon dropped spontaneously for awhile. Unfortunately, it's clearly on its way back up again now. During afternoon rounds, Dr. Bryant (the other pediatric cardiac surgeon here), said that he might try to close Lynnea's chest on Sunday (Dr. St. Louis is off this weekend), but we'll see how she does between now and then before he makes any real decision about it. They have managed to cut back on some of her oxygen again, now she is down to 35%. The ventilator is still doing all of the work of breathing for her, but at least she isn't requiring super high levels of oxygen, which is encouraging.