The Putmans, in general, had a full day today. We went to 2nd church service (enjoyed a more leisurely morning at home), then to Children's and then home again. Well, that doesn't sound like a lot when I type it out, but we're pretty tired. The stress of being split between our children is starting to wear on us a bit. Understandably, Children's is not a great place for Connor and Katie to be. They have quite a few things they REALLY like there (like the elephant statue and some toys) but there are plenty of screaming kids in the waiting room, and our kids don't like to be in Kara's room for very long. All that to say, we are working through whether or not to bring them back (and if so, when, how often, for how long, etc.) Thanks for prayers on that!
As far as Kara, she had a quiet day. Hooray! The first quiet day of her short little life. Yesterday she had been increased in her levels of: morphine, breaths per minute on ventilator, and %oxygen she was receiving in the ventilator. She was very touchy but did stabilize by the end of the day. Today they were able to bring the % of oxygen down from 60 to 45 and also were able to lower the pressure of the ventilator. The surgeon is extremely happy with her progress and his goal is to extubate (which means take out the ventilator or intubation tube in the next several days. To work toward that they will continue to lower the ventilator pressure and % oxygen levels.
On the ventilator monitor, we can tell which breaths are ventilator initiated vs. which ones are Kara initiated. Most of the breaths are Kara-initiated which is a good sign. Because of her pulmonary hypertension (too much pressure in her lungs) she gets quite worked up with any stimulation and really has labored breathing - which is why she is kept sedated.
Thank you for your continued prayers. We continue to trust that God has all these circumstances in His control, that He makes NO mistakes and formed our little girl EXACTLY how He wants her to be. We believe that as we look at her and weep and "cast all our cares on Him who cares for us." We are reminding ourselves that the surgeons know how well newborns do (and do NOT do) in surgery and that the path they are taking is for our good (Rom. 8:28).
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