Can’t believe we have had our 2nd baby boy for 7 days now. It’s a little different not having him home with us, but we know he is in the best place right now. I have to admit, it made me pretty sad to watch all the moms go home from the hospital with their little carseats, filled with their little babies. It’s definitely a different experience.
So what’s new with Hank? He is doing pretty good. Stable for sure.
- Hank has lots of drugs. Antibiotics still, though his CRP has gone way down (12.8 two days ago, 1.8 today). He still is having some sort of inflammatory process and sepsis, but he is much better.
- Definitely still full of fluids, though the lasix they have been giving him has really helped him loose some of that. He looks much less swollen, although, you can still see it in his face.
- The milrinone drip that was started seems to have really helped Hank stabilize. This is a drug that is used to treat heart failure.
- The umbilical lines that Henry has been getting his IVs through will be taken out soon and replaced with a PICC line.
- We are learning that there is some component of pulmonary hypertension going on with Henry, but we are unsure why. It is making the whole right side of his heart pretty wimpy. Once the pulmonary hypertension gets resolved, the right ventricle of the heart should improve.
- Because Hank’s coags were off, he has been receiving different blood products. None today. He did get some cryo-precipitate yesterday, which is just concentrated clotting factors.
- X-rays still good. Ultrasound of head today, good.
Today was a good day. Who knows what tomorrow will be, but we are happy.
Henry: 7 days
1 comment:
A great update, thanks. Hope that sepsis disappears and improvements keep coming along. I sense your joy as the mother of 2 beautiful boys. We continue to think of you.
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