Courtney slept pretty good through the night. They were able to wean the Oxygen level on the biPAP machine down to 60% and she kept her SATs up pretty good. Either she has not been in pain or she is just tough, because everytime we ask her if she hurts or if she wants medicine, she says No. I got a little sleep during the night in a chair in her room and then slept for an hour this morning in the family sleep room they gave us.
Dr. Drinkwater came in this morning and removed the chest tubes and ordered another chest x-ray. He looked at the last x-ray and saw some hazy/junky spots on her left lung. He said it could possibly be pneumonia (he emphasized pneumonia with a "little p"). They are going to start treatment for that today and do CPPD (percussion on her left lung) every 4 hours. They feel that it will be a slow process to wean her off the biPAP machine, so my guess is that we won't be going to the floor today. Dr. Drinkwater didn't say that, but said we would not be going until we were off the biPAP and didn't think that would be this morning.
Robin (nurse) is going to try to get her up some today. Courtney seems to be sitting up a lot easier now & not hurting as much when she coughs. They gave her some more pain medicine this morning for the chest tube removal and she is sleeping soundly right now. They turned the O2 level back up to 70 on the biPAP machine and will start weaning it back down as the morning progresses.
Thank you again for your overwhelming prayer support.
Randy
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I'm glad to know she's not in a huge deal of pain today. She is a strong little girl. =) That's our Court! Tell Jennifer, Courtney and Kelsey hello for me. Everyone at Tulip Grove is thinking of you all and praying. Courtney is loved a great deal here. Tell her all of her friends ask about her every time they see me in the halls!
Have a good day ... and remember GOD IS SO GOOD!
Ms. Suzanne
Glad it is moving the right direction and praying that the little p pneumonia is cleared successfully this am.
Praying over here man.
Glad to hear that your tough little girl is doing better. We will continue to pray for her breathing and the pneumonia.
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