Day 56
Emma has maintained the status quo lately. She has not really started improving yet but she still is not getting any sicker either. The doctors have determined that she has pneumonia which has led to all of her problems. She was more susceptible to this since she has a lot of mucus and secretions in her throat and bacteria can start growing there easily. So she will continue on her course of antibiotics and hopefully start improving soon. They have made very minor reductions in the settings on the oscillator, but again, they are taking things slow and not pushing her. She is still active and alert and nice and pink, so she is not acting sick other than the high level of ventilation support she is requiring.
Emma has still been gaining a lot of weight. She gained 90 grams and is now up to 1230, which is 2 lbs, 11 ounces!! She is definitely plumping up, and it looked she had a second or third chin today! =) The doctors again made sure that her weight gain isn't the result of her retaining fluids, and it's not - she's just growing!
We are relieved to have an explanation as to why Emma started to go downhill so rapidly, but it's upsetting that she is sick. The doctors said that while it is normal to go back on forth on the ventilator, having to go on the oscillator at such high settings meant that there had to be something else going on with her. Hopefully the antibiotics will kick in soon and Emma will start improving.
Cheers to you, little Emma, for growing so wonderfully! We hope that you continue to feel better and better each day. It's a long and tough journey, but we know that you still have so much fight in you, you'll overcome this. As always, we send all our love to you, Mom, and Dad. oxoxox
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