Hello all,
Mom & I went in to see Kara today (Monday). She is now off of morphine. Well, she's off the drip. She did need a bolus at 1 p.m., but no more as of 5 p.m. and hopefully will not need any tomorrow.
I got to talk to the chief surgeon and a few things were clarified. It sounds like he is in NO rush to send us home (not even discussed) and certainly does not want to send us to another hospital. The increased the amount of calories they are adding (they call it fortification, I chuckle and call it "additives") to my milk to compensate for Kara's high respiratory rate. This will most likely be needed for a long while. (It's adding powdered formula to the milk, but we're still at a 5:1 milk to formula ratio, so that's good).
I also got to watch Kara get an "echo" (ECG) and her pulmonary hypertension looks like it's resolved.
The Occupational Therapist (OT) came to work with us on watching Kara suck and start to give her little drops of milk to help her learn to swallow. We are seeing that we need to be at the hospital more to work with Kara during her awake times. With this, we would appreciate prayer for wisdom in how to balance time with C&K, work, and time at the hospital. We know we can't do it all and that's where we need wisdom in choosing what is "best" vs. what is "good" (for all of us).
We're thrilled Jeremy's Mom is coming into town on Wednesday for a week. Yay for Grandma Dot!
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Jeremy and Meg,
As I read through your blog posts today I was reminded by how merciful a God we serve. What a comfort to know you have had wonderful care both in the hospital and ultimately from the Lord's protective hand. Thank you both for your testimonies of being steadfast in trusting the Lord at His mercy seat. To Him be the glory! Our prayers for little Kara... What a sweet little thing she appears to be.
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