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Charity is feeling a little blue this evening - she can't really understand what all the fuss is about. All day everyone seemed delighted that she was getting extubated - no more breathing tube, however, now she finds herself with the CPAP on. This is a fancy little triangle shaped deal that covers her nose and blows oxygen and pressure into her lungs to keep her breathing the way she should. She is also waking up more and feeling the effects of open-heart surgery. She doesn't like it! Poor little girl is rather sad and disappointed with how life is progressing at this moment. Hopefully over the next day or so, she will adapt once again and decide that things aren't really so bad after all. In the meantime, she has continued to de-sat, which just means that her oxygen levels drop off and on throughout the day. Her right lung has a bit of collapse, not a lot, just enough to need some help with breathing. We weren't expecting this, and it just shows that we need to remember recovery is up and down sometimes... We are thankful that the doctors were delighted with her "new and improved" trachea. It is bigger and better and hopefully will be the answer to Charity's problems! She is still adorable as all get-out and we are thankful that so many have been praying for her... |
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Posted by Laurie Smith in Iowa