Saturday, October 25, 2014

Such a strong little fighter!






Just a quick update on how Elizabeth is doing. She was able to weaned down on the dopamine for her blood pressure and her ventilator settings! Prayers were answered today! She seems alot more comfortable today.  Her temperature has been back to normal and her heart rate is alot lower. She seems to be responding well to the antibiotics that were started, and we hope that she continues to improve. She is still sedated and resting, but moves around and opens her eyes every now and then. The bacteria that is growing in her lungs was identified as streptococcus, so the antibiotics are working on that bug. The paraflu is just a virus her body will have to fight. Being on the ventilator will just help her body rest and be able to fight these nasty germs easier. Her immunoglobulin (IGG) level was checked when we got her Thursday and  results came in today showing it was low. So she relieved IVIG today, blood product that will help "boost" her immune system. She used to get infusions every month after transplant but her levels were stable for a while and she didn't need them.  We are hopeful that with the IVIG it will help her be able to fight this even more, and hopefully boost her to be able to stay healthy through the rest of the fall/winter season. So for now the plan is to continue the antibiotics and watch for anymore bacteria to grow in the cultures. They will continue to wean the dopamine and ventilator as she can tolerate it. We are hoping she will be able to start being fed again soon. And Monday they will do an echo of her heart. We know that the aortic root dilation can cause some issues with blood pressure and they just want to check heart to see if that could be what is causing all the low pressures or if its just because she is so sick. Thank you for the prayers and for checking in on us!

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