I went in today to find Brigid having more breathing issues. Her oxygen saturations were low, despite being on a high oxygen concentration with the ventilator. I found out at rounds that she has a collapse (atelectasis) of the top part of her right lung, so we went from one airway issue to another.
She was very lethargic and a little pale, not her usual feisty self, but they ruled out any infection and feel this could just be secondary to her surgery. Chest PT, frequent suctioning, and turning her on her left side seems to be helping a little. She will get another chest x-ray later today to see if it has opened up some.
How many x-rays can a tiny baby get before she starts glowing, I wonder. I think she's averaged one per day so far. That's way more than I've had in my 37 years of life.
This road we're on is such a long one and we are getting weary. At least I am. It's been a long six weeks so far, and it's hard to think that we're still six weeks away from her due date. So we're only at the halfway point. I'm hopeful that seeing some growth and improvement is what will help get us through the last weeks.
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Hang in there! I had triplets. 2 of them spent 67 days in the NICU. My other triplet spent 6 months and 12 days in the NICU. I met a friend during my NICU visit she had 3 babies alive from a quadruplet pregnancy. Her son spent 5 months in the NICU and her daughers spent more than 9 months in the NICU. The girls did come home trached. Long story short she has 2 active babies at home now. Her daughter is still trached, but thriving...you would have never know (besides the trach) that she fought so hard to live. Praying for you little one. Stay strong all you can do is take it one day at a time...take it from a mom that has been there. Hugs to you.
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