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3 months ago
Monday, February 16, 2009
Good Morning
Good Morning! Olivia is definitely showing signs of improvement. The cultures for RSV and influenza are showing no signs of growth, which is good. The pulmonologist was in today and said she really thinks it's pneumonia. The urine culture showed that she has a urinary tract infection. The urine sample was collected using a collection bag which the doctors agree is fairly unreliable. They put in a catheter today to get a better sample to retest for a UTI. They are going to ween her steroids further today. They started her on 10 mg four times each day. Yesterday they went to three times daily, and today went down to twice daily. They think she is retaining fluids though, so they are starting her on Lasix today, a diuretic to help her get rid of some of the fluid. As far as her breathing is concerned, they are going to keep her right at where she is for right now. She is usually on 0.3 liters of oxygen at home. They have her on a mixture that is 40% oxygen at a pressure of 4 liters today. Still no idea when Olivia will be going home, but Joe and I guess is will be at least a few more days.
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Our hearts are with you. We wish we lived closer so we could help more.
Hang in there, everybody! I know it can't be easy. So glad to hear Olivia is still doing better.
It's great to hear another good update. Hang in there - we're thinking of you guys.
Just hang in there! I know it seems so hard, but Olivia is such a fighter! She will be home in no time. The good thing about being in the hospital though is that everything can be thoroughly checked-unlike being at home where you worry if should run back to the hospital. Give her big kisses from us!
Hopefully Olivia will contiue to improve and she will be right where she belongs, at home!! Our kid's go thru a lot but it affects us more!! Keep getting stronger!
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