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Tuesday Morning Update-3/2/10

March 2, 2010

They just finished rounds. She looks so much more comfortable and stable today than she did yesterday. Her blood pressure was 169/110 yesterday and now they are 107/66 today. She is going to have a blood transfusion (1 unit) today. She is on 24 hour dialysis (Continual Renal Replacement Therapy CRRT). Her [...]

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Monday Night Update

March 1, 2010

She came out of the OR successfully but she had a difficult start. She couldn’t breath and they had to do cpr 3 times while she was in there. They successfully intubated her but not without major problems. They had to put a chest tube in to drain 1.5 liters of fluid from her [...]

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Monday Update-3/1/10

March 1, 2010

Todays Plans:

Heart Cath/Biopsy to rule out rejection
Placement of Central Venous Catheter
CRRT Dialysis

Intubation

On a scale of 1-10 (10 being the best) she is at a 3. Today’s procedures are very high risk because the virus has attacked every organ in her body. Her lungs are not fully healed and re-intubation is going to be tricky. She [...]

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In the quiet..

February 25, 2010

I’ve been listening to this song over and over while watching my daughter fight in the PICU. I’ve often had to remind myself over the last 11 days that He really is in control. I listen to the words and really let them penetrate my heart, and then I am less afraid for her. [...]

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