Dr. Bradley came up while we were at supper and removed Rebekah's last remaining chest tube, so we are officially tubeless!! Rebekah does have one last IV in her foot so the doctors can give her diuretic still. The doctors are probably going to transition her to oral Lasix tomorrow and take her off the IV Bumex.
Rebekah is still on a liter of oxygen to keep her sats above 90%. Prior to surgery, Rebekah was on 1/2 to 1 liter of oxygen to keep her sats above 75%, so this is a huge difference!! The goal is to have Rebekah completely off oxygen before we go home, and still have her sats above 90%. We'll see what Rebekah thinks of that plan.
We are hoping to have a quiet, restful day tomorrow and maybe wrap up the last few goals so we can get home. Maybe by early next week???!
Nancy
P. S. The x-ray technician just came by to do another chest x-ray per Dr. Bradley's orders. Right before the x-ray, the respiratory therapist came for chest PT. She said Rebekah's lungs still have a bunch of "junk" in them, so we'll see what the x-ray looks like. Hopefully this stuff will clear up soon.
4 comments:
Way to go, Rebekah!
We'll keep praying for your lungs to clear up.
To be off oxygen...so exciting. I cant wait for those days for my little girl, Clara (she has NEHI... a lung disease). Still praying for Rebekah.
Denise WI
Look at her!!! What a warrior!
sending prayers!!!
She is so precious!! I was so shocked (a happy shocked) that she is sitting up! Hopefully this activity will help get rid of her Junk!! Way to go 'Bekah'!! You can't keep a good girl down!!! As always, thanks for the updates.
*God is Good*
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