saturday 7/27/2013

Ava is improving a little bit each day. She is still on the CPAP though the settings are weaned a tiny bit. A new doctor is on shift now. He happens to be the medical director, so I'm excited to work with him for the next couple weeks. Because Ava was too unstable to get a lumbar puncture (spinal tap) when the sepsis was discovered, the doctor decided to keep her on antibiotics for 21 days instead of 10. This will cover any bacterial meningitis IF that occurred with the sepsis. So today was day 9 of 21. She still has the septic illeus (bowels aren't moving anything through)...so still no food for her. Ava is about 9lbs 14 oz now, so she is still gaining weight on the TPN (artificial IV nutrition).