Lynnea's Day

Lynnea's day was uneventful. Her fever reached 102.2 this afternoon, and is down to 101.8 now. They increased the amount of oxygen she's on from 35% to 45%. They did manage to decrease the amount of Nitric oxide that she's on to help open up her lungs -- the went down to 10% from 20% that she's been on since Friday (before that she was on 40%). They have also been able to decrease the amount of Epinephrine that she's on a little bit (Epi helps with heart function, and she's on a continuous drip, but they give her extra, or increase her dose, when her blood pressures are very, very low), which means that her blood pressures have been relatively stable over the past 24 hours (still a little on the low end of things, but at least it's not the constant up and down that it was a few days ago). The bleeding from her G-tube has not increased, and may have actually decreased some, though it's hard to say for sure. Dr. Bryant is planning on doing another wash out tomorrow in order to try to drain off the fluid that has built up around her left lung (the Infectious Disease doctors, that are now involved because of her infections, feel that it is very important to remove that fluid soon to help keep the infection from spreading and causing more problems). I don't know if he has any intention of even trying to close her tomorrow; if I had to guess I'd say no.