Day 177

Ava's gas was 90 this morning so they put a "femeral" line in her today to get her blood easily and not to upset her when they get the gas. Her next blood gas was 58, which is awesome. Tonight at 6pm, her gas was 80! Ugh! Never ending... They didn't even do any changes. The doctor did say that we have done a good job and that she looks good. Her lungs don't look too bad. I saw her x-ray and from what I remember at seeing the x-ray at Sister's, her lungs looked less hazy and much bigger. But so is she, much bigger. ;) She is in a peep of 8, 50 bpms, 50% O2 (which they have not weaned yet, and it needs to be told to be done by the docs and not just done by the nurses like it was upstairs). They will do another blood gas at midnight, which I will probably not stay up for.

She had an echocardiogram on her heart and that came back normal. Her ph test probe came back normal and that she does have some reflux but it isn't acidic, which is good. She had her GI done to check out her intenstines, and they also saw reflux in her esophagus. They may do another procedure to stop the reflux when they do the g-tube, but those doctors are going to come and see me tomorrow.

I also spoke to the doctor about feeding and he said that she could eat with her breathing on a rate and he will have someone look at her swallowing with a pacifier tomorrow. Hopefully that can be started again and her blood gas will be good so we can lower the settings more. The doctor is very upbeat which is nice.

I am nervous that the doctor is thinking she is better than she really is. That is what seems to happen and then the blood gasses don't go down. Still praising God for Ava to be here!

Ava weighs 11 lbs. 3 oz.

Praying for Ava to get some good blood gasses tonight and the rest of her life...