It is so funny to watch a 2 year old hunt eggs. For the first few moments he wasn't too sure, he would pick up an egg the walk past 10 and pick up another. It want until his basket was getting full that he got the idea to just keep picking them up. (Travis blames my use of Easter grass for holding him back). His favorite part aside from the candy was the giant balloon sword he got.
In the hospital Abigail continues to do well. The infection is gone and her lungs are clearing. They have upped her feeds and are now fortifying them to give her more calories. She is currently 720 grams which is about 1lb 9.4oz.
She goes back and forth on her ventilation. One minute she will be at 100% saturation on her oxygen and the next she will be down to 74%. Her doctor today will be monitoring her all day and possibly extubate for her and putting her back on the CPAP to see how she does before deciding to reintubate with a larger tube. They aren't sure if her up and down on her O2 saturation is due to her air leak (tube too small) or how she is reacting to the tube. It seems like she moves around and makes the ventilator say her airway is obstructed (by her blocking the airway) and then she will desat but come back up with our assistance within a few seconds.
Prayerfully when she is extubated she will be able to work to maintain her breaths with out getting too tired.
We are happy that we have started to pick primary nurses so that we have familiar faces when we come in. So thankful that Mercy gives us that opportunity to make decisions about Abigail's care.
Abigail was extubated in the evening on Sunday but had to be reintubated as she did not do great on CPAP. The larger tube was too big so she still has an air leak, hopefully after growing some more and getting stronger she will be ready to try again.
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