Kinley's trip to radiology and the placement of her new PICC line went great. She slept through the entire procedure. Her new PICC line is in her left arm and enters the vein right around the elbow. Dr. K has decided to keep Kinley's art line in place, but not sure how long he will want to keep it in because they can now draw blood from Kinley's new PICC line.
Katie is back today to take care of Kinley and she give us an update on all of the BIG news that we missed from rounds.
1) Versed Drip: Now that Kinley has been completely off of her morphine drip for a few days it is time to start weaning her versed (sedative) drip. Today they will lower it from its current rate of 180 to 160. They may also begin the replacement drug for versed, which is ativan, but it is not for sure yet.
2) Head MRI: Kinley is scheduled for a MRI of her head on Thursday. Every baby that has been on ECMO has to receive a head MRI. This is to check and see that all portions of the brain are having good blood flow. Remember, ECMO increases the risk of brain bleeds and clots.
3) Extubation: Kinley has been doing so well on the conventional ventilator that they may remove her breathing tube on Friday and then she will be ventilator free.
Drumroll please!
4) Best News of the Day: We may be able to hold Kinley today. This would be the very first time that we have been able to hold her since she was born 36 days ago.
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Don't forget to take pictures if you're able to hold her today! BIG moment- must be documented. :) Great update, great news! I'm on cloud 9.
How exciting! I hope you are able to hold her! I can't imagine having her for this long and this will be the first time to actually hold her. Praying for the hold!
Oh my goodness, I'm so excited that you get to hold her!
Great news! I can't wait to see the pictures of mom and dad holding Kinley!!
Great news!
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