We're happy to report that Morgan is starting to make some significant progress again. It definitely appears that she has recovered fully from her PDA ligation surgery, and she is beginning to show signs of improvement thanks to her newly closed ductus.
Her blood pressure and urine output have both continued to be excellent even without any medications. She is still on a low dose of Morphine and Versed, both of which are meant to keep her comfortable on the oscillator. However they have been weaning her down on them both and yet she still seemed more comfortable tonight than she has been lately.
Not only was she less squirmy, her oxygen saturation was much more stable. Normally, she would go up and down quite a bit and often desaturate temporarily when touched. Tonight, she stayed in the targeted 85-95 percent range for nearly the entire visit. The nurse said this is definitely reflected in her blood gasses which determine if they can wean her ventilator settings. They were able to wean her some earlier today and could do so again during the night if she continues on her current path. It's still going to be a pretty slow process but at least she is moving forward again.
We were also excited to hear that they started her feeds again yesterday. She initially got 2cc every four hours and around noon today they decided to go up to 4cc every four hours. So far she has been tolerating them well which is, of course, great news.
Finally, Shelly has been trying to catch this on video for a couple days and finally got her timing down tonight.
All this progress is making me sleepy.
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