Tuesday, March 3, 2009

The latest

Myla had a good a night as can be expected in a hospital. She got a good round of suctioning around midnight and slept for a good four or five hours. Her breathing rate has gone down - she's around 40 breaths per minute instead of the 70 she was when they checked her in. Her heart rate is down - its holding in the 150s when she's awake, and they like it around 120-130 so we're getting there. Her oxygen is down - 1/4 of a liter instead of the 3/4 they had her on when we got here. So things are looking up, but we'll be here for at least another night. And she's had some moments of Myla-esque time where she's played with us and eaten some good snacks. Her fluids are still going down good so that's another plus. They would rather err on the side of caution than send us home and she need to come back in the middle of the night. Thank you doctors!

We are also holding up okay. They do not make place for big people to sleep comfortably in a little person's hospital. Still, we made due and probably slept a little better here than we would have at home worrying about her. And its all highway so we can make a trip pretty quick. Not our ideal way to spend these 70 degree days, but we'll have plenty more of those. We'll keep you posted!

1 comment:

Kathleen said...

John, Kara and Myla,
I'm so glad you called thismorning, and I hope that Myla recovers very quickly. I really want to be there right now being entirely useless, but there nonetheless. Give everyone a squeeze for me!
Love ya tons!
K