EXTUBATION

2/2/08

Sabrina is off the ventilator since yesterday afternoon and doing very well with her sats (mid 80's), she still has a canula but hope that will also be gone soon. We started giving her pedialyte through the night and did very well, so in the morning they let me give her milk and is tolerating it very good, the only thing is that because she was so hungry her sats went lower when she was feeding because she prefered sucking over breathing, so they told me to take the bottle out after 2oz and she got really mad and then they had to give her some morphine to calm her.

They also turned off the pacemaker, they used it for 24hrs for a little arrhythmia that they said was very benign and normal for babies after surgery, her heart has been working good and strong, she received some blood too, so she could have more to oxygenate.

Right now I came to the hotel to rest and my husband and family are with her, they tell me that she has taken 4oz more! yey! but still very cranky! who can blame her!

The plan is to take 1 of her lines out and also 1 of her 2 chest tubes.

Please keep the prayers coming so she recovers well and with less pain.

Glenn

2/1/08

Sabrina's surgery went smoothly, it only took longer because there was a lot of scar tissue. Right now she's on recovery at the PICU and they are planning to take her off the ventilator tomorrow morning. Please keep praying since she had some bleeding and we are still very anxious. I'm gonna try to get some sleep now.

I'll keep updating,