Ava had an ok night. I guess she didn't sleep very peacefully, but she didn't have desats and she wasn't crying. Her blood gas was 51 which is really good even with her having an air leak in her trach. She is on 28% O2 and is still doing well on the peep of 9.
Speech therapy came by today and Ava did really well. She was very happy and would put her pacifier in her mouth for them. They also dipped her pacifier in applesauce but she didn't really know what to do with it. They believe she was able to swallow and she didn't aspirate or gag. They are encouraged that she doesn't have any problems putting anything in her mouth and will hopefully be able to recognize food is for eating.
Ava got another dose of IVIG (immunoglobins) today to help her keep her immune system up. We will be coming in for transfusion of IVIG when she does come home. It sounds pretty fun - sitting with an active baby/child for at least 3 hours in the hospital. Please note the sarcasm... lol...
Tomorrow is our planning meeting for Ava. Hopefully it will go very well, and we can get her home in the next few weeks.
Thanking God for Ava's progress and praying that our meeting goes superb and we can get a calm, peaceful, happy Ava home to us...
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