Neutrophil count up past 900 today, one last dose of the growth factor, and we'll see what her numbers do after tomorrow. We are still awaiting the results of the chimerism report that will tell us whose cells are dominant in Zoe: the donor's (good), or Zoe's (not good).
Last night was a bit of a rough one. Zoe's total oxygenation saturation levels continually dropped into the 80's while she was sleeping, even with pure oxygen being blown directly into her face. The alarm monitor kept going off, nurses and the PA constantly came in to check on her, and her lungs sounded somewhat ragged.
As the same thing happened today while she napped, they whisked her in for a chest CT scan to see if there was any infection to be blamed. Nothing; clear. And tonight her lungs sound fine, so far.
We'll see how the rest of the night goes. The little tyke gets a kick out of keeping everyone on their toes.
Her steroidal perkiness continued today. It's great having an alert and chipper baby again--and this alert baby is demanding to be entertained every minute that she is awake. When she gets bored--which is usually three minutes after we leave her bedside--she screams until one of us comes back and talks to her. Then it's instant sunny skies and delighted babbling.
Of course, I know she is effectively training us (and we her) with this activity, but we are total pushovers right now (as we should be). All hail Princess Zoe!
Helpful with Zoe entertainment today was another visit from David the music therapist. Check the YouTube link if you'd like to see a snippet of that--we are turning into quite the musical family.
1 comment:
Seems like you folks are bringing so many wonderful "family" styles to the table these months. And a musical family you ARE !! I love love love the video. Gabriel just produced a cd for a local bluegrass band, with a notable kick-ass picker...and I'm signing Zoe up...with your permission.
you are loved
brooke
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