Well, it's been a tense day, after Hannah's latest X-ray showed some air in her stomach (probably leaked from the vent tube) and a couple of enlarged bowel loops. They backed off on her feeds, which had just recently switched to periodic from continuous, then started her back on a reduced volume of milk and the rest of her nutrition from IV (which means she has one more tube than yesterday). This is to give the digestive system a chance to catch up. It's not a problem in and of itself, and may just mean that she wasn't quite ready for the periodic feedings (a full meal every three hours as opposed to a continuous trickle). And the enlarged bowel loops could be nothing, but there's a chance that it's an early sign of NEC, which is bad but treatable. We'll have a better idea of how benign the situation is after tomorrow morning's X-rays.
Ventilator settings are getting better. She's using less oxygen and fewer assisted breaths than a few days ago, so she's making progress on that front.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Week 30, Day 5, Evening
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Sorry to hear Hannah might have yet another issue to contend with, but as you said, the good news is that it is treatable; and that's if it even is an issue. (Which it preferably isn't.)
ReplyDeleteHold fast. At least she's doing better breathing-wise.