Nurse, I'll have two hugs...stat!
Here is Angel's "update" email in it's entirety about Savannah's condition:
Okay here it goes-
She is doing good overall.
Her bilirubin is down to 1.2. Dr. Lenhart said it should be under 2, so that is great, and we shouldn't have to mess with the blue lights any longer. It should stay down now. Her respirations are a little high and she is pulling a little harder when she breathes, so he is going to give her another dose of the Lasics she has been done with that for a few days, which should help her and it may be that she is justing getting closer to needing her blood transfusion. He said he would just be making minor corrections with oxygen and lasics to help her out. Her hermaticrit will be checked again monday. He is increasing her feedings some. He will be giving her some vitamin D and extra minerals today because she needs them. (he used a technical term for why that I can't remember) It has to do with her liver and bowels being premature so she needs some extra minerals until she grows some. Also, he said we could still hold her, we just have to hold that blue air tube next to her mouth so she is still getting the oxygen.
He said we might get a letter in the mail that says her thyroid is low, but we can ignore it because her thyroid is fine. They checked it again.
Dr. Lenhart also told me this story about how the babies that get read to and get a lot of interaction when they go home, do much better. He told me about this baby he had 12 years ago that was really sick and had a brain bleed and had 23 heart chest tubes is doing great today because his mom spent a lot of time interacting with him and reading to him, etc, not just laying him down and going about her day. He says it is cool to see how if parents are really involved with there preemies at home they flourish a lot better.
Okay, this email is getting way too long. Also, you should try to hold her today again if you have time between class or if not then maybe tonight after your class. Just tell Sharon that Dr. Lenhart said we could still hold her as long as we held the blue oxygen tube by her face. Okay, I think that is all I have for now.
Angel
Okay here it goes-
She is doing good overall.
Her bilirubin is down to 1.2. Dr. Lenhart said it should be under 2, so that is great, and we shouldn't have to mess with the blue lights any longer. It should stay down now. Her respirations are a little high and she is pulling a little harder when she breathes, so he is going to give her another dose of the Lasics she has been done with that for a few days, which should help her and it may be that she is justing getting closer to needing her blood transfusion. He said he would just be making minor corrections with oxygen and lasics to help her out. Her hermaticrit will be checked again monday. He is increasing her feedings some. He will be giving her some vitamin D and extra minerals today because she needs them. (he used a technical term for why that I can't remember) It has to do with her liver and bowels being premature so she needs some extra minerals until she grows some. Also, he said we could still hold her, we just have to hold that blue air tube next to her mouth so she is still getting the oxygen.
He said we might get a letter in the mail that says her thyroid is low, but we can ignore it because her thyroid is fine. They checked it again.
Dr. Lenhart also told me this story about how the babies that get read to and get a lot of interaction when they go home, do much better. He told me about this baby he had 12 years ago that was really sick and had a brain bleed and had 23 heart chest tubes is doing great today because his mom spent a lot of time interacting with him and reading to him, etc, not just laying him down and going about her day. He says it is cool to see how if parents are really involved with there preemies at home they flourish a lot better.
Okay, this email is getting way too long. Also, you should try to hold her today again if you have time between class or if not then maybe tonight after your class. Just tell Sharon that Dr. Lenhart said we could still hold her as long as we held the blue oxygen tube by her face. Okay, I think that is all I have for now.
Angel
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