Day 280 - 40 Weeks Old!

Ava's gas was 100 this morning. She went black again but they didn't have to do chest compressions this time. They were able to bag her up. They got another gas of 130 and put her back on the oscillator. So sad and devastating. Then her gas went up to 135 and they put her back on the conventional vent. She was at 100% O2 most of the morning and then got it down to 60%. She went down to 104 and then they got a gas of 67 and 55. She didn't look really good (dusky - grey & purple) this morning but she started to look pinker later in the afternoon. She had a moment of desaturation when her O2 went down to 60% and they upped her O2 to 100% then they were able to get it down to 60%. They put her on anti-seizure medication because they think she had one on Friday and they wouldn't know if she has a seizure when she is paralyzed. They think she may have had a seizure because they were randomly giving her adivan and not weaning it properly if she really was getting a lot of it. They also gave her immunoglobulins to boost her immune system. Her trach culture came back with signs of an infection in her trach again.

The doctor showed me her CAT scan and told me that the spot where they think she had a seizure is small and that part of the brain controls her upper limbs movement. We have seen her move her arms really well, so it most likely doesn't bother her. The area of the brain where the fellow said was dead, may be that her brain stopped growing or it could be fluid. Please pray that her brain continues to grow. We have seen her head grow, so hopefully that is not the case. Overall he said that if this was his daughter's brain scan, he would be pretty happy with her being a 24 week preemie and being on 100% O2 multiple times. Thank God for this! I have always felt like she was and is being protected. But it's hard when you still have to go through these awful situations.

I am very thankful today for some of the elders and prayer warriors from Knox Church came to the hospital to pray over Ava. They were very respectful of Ava and washed up their hands and didn't touch her, but just prayed over her with all they had. I felt very strongly about James 5:14-15 - is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.

Praying for Ava and our family to have relief and for it to get better...