This morning they realized that Mallory's breathing tube had a leak so they had to giver her a new one. She did not do very well at all with changing out her tube and her vitals were all over the place. I think she gave them a little bit of a scare. In the process they thought her right lung had collapsed and spent a majority of the day trying to get it to inflate again. She struggled most of the day with her respirator.
Finally after many X-rays they did an echo and realized that it had not collapsed but instead had a ton of fluid that was causing her issues. They inserted a tube into her lung to help drain the fluid and were able to drain 70 mls! Her X-rays are still showing fluid so hopefully more will drain through the night.
Our peeing has definitely picked up today though! We were finally negative for the day meaning we released more fluid that we took in. We also started to give her feedings today hich she has taken very well.
I am hopeful that we will have improvements to her lungs once all of the fluid is gone and if we can have a few more negative days, we will be looking much better!
Here is a picture of my little puffy girl!
She is gorgeous! Praying for her as hard as ever.
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What a beautiful baby girl! Although you did have that setback today, I am glad you had a negative day (that sounds strange!). We continue to keep her and y'all in our prayers. - Kurt & Alli Kraft
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