Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Moving Slow

The slow sedation wean continues to go fine, and slowly increasing feeds also seems to be going fine. Lynnea was still in a good mood today, and had a pretty uneventful day. The echocardiogram results from yesterday's echo showed that her heart function still isn't very good, but there has been some improvement since the echo that was done prior to her last heart cath. They are working on transitioning her over to some oral medications for heart failure (similar to the regimen she was on before coming into the hospital) in hopes of being able to get her off from the IV milrinone that she is still on. They may also start trying to wean her off from the high-flow oxygen that she is on because she seems to be doing a little bit better from a respiratory standpoint, and may not need as much flow as she is currently getting (7 liters, 35% oxygen), but there is no huge rush to wean that because, worst case, it would be possible for us to go home with high-flow oxygen if she really still needs it, so this isn't something that will keep us in the hospital for any extra time.

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