Day 281

Ava's CO2 blood gasses were all really good today: 63, 50, 52, 46, 42, 63. They got her O2 down to 40%, her pressure back to where it was at 24, and her rate is at 25.

They did a bronchoscopy today to see how her her left bronchi is doing. They found the right lung to look normal and growing well. Her left top opening looked better but the one part of her lung is still collapsed and doesn't look any better. They are planning to do a CAT scan of her lungs tomorrow to see if they have changed and to formulate a plan in moving forward. The doctor says he still doesn't understand why she gets high blood gasses when overall her lungs look pretty good. He also said Ava does not relate to any other baby he has seen before and that he is trying to figure her out. He is our favorite doctor right now and he goes off as the attending doctor the end of the week. Thank goodness he was on this week. I wish he could really be Ava's primary.

I was able to talk to neurology today who told me that the EEG brain waves had slowed in her brain but that was because she was/is on methadone and adivan.

Ava is a bit longer: 61 cm =  24.02" from 59 cm last week and head circumference is 40 cm = 15.75" from 39.5 last week.

Praying for Ava's left lung to grow...