Elizabeth is AMAZING!!
Her vent settings have been decreased more and she is doing great with that. The nitric oxide was turned off last night, and again doing great. They are weaning sedation, 1 med was stopped, 1 was cut in half and the other two will be weaned tomorrow. She will continue of sedation meds, and transition to only getting methadone/ativan at some point. We know the sedation wean will be a long process for her since she has been on some form of it since November. They are holding the dialysis today and hoping to be able to stop it, since she is peeing enough fluid on her own. She will start being fed again today through her J-tube, a very small amount to get her digestive system working again and start working towards getting her to full feeds again. All of her med levels have been good. Her blood sugar has been a little high, so she has been getting insulin off and on through the night/day today. They hope is as they decrease some of her steroids and stop dialysis her glucose level will even out and she won't need insulin.
Hopefully there will be lots of progress today!
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