Who's the best baby in PICU? That's right... Mia Hope. My little champion is cruising right along. We met with the PICU physician this morning during rounds and he couldn't be more confident and impressed with her recovery. All her numbers are great, other than her sodium. Moments ago they sent a new sample of blood to the lab to re-check her sodium numbers. If all is good, they will back off on her fluid restriction.
About 20 minutes ago she was able to drink some Pedialyte (about 1-2 oz) to see how she could tolerate it. So far, so good. We are praying she is able to keep it down. If so, she gets to try around 3 oz. of formula. I know she would LOVE that because she sucked down that Pedialyte in about 2 seconds flat, and she wasn't too happy when it disappeared.
Most of the day she has been resting comfortably. There have been periods of waking up and crying, but a majority of the time she has been sleeping well. Her last dose of morphine was at 6 a.m., so you can see how tough this little girl really is!
We had about a 4-5 minute time period when she opened her eyes and just stared at me. No fussy or crying, just gazed deeply in to my eyes. I talked to her the whole time and updated her on what all she has been missing, including how desperately her big sister missed her. I also made sure to let her know how many people were praying for her, and how truly blessed she was to have such a strong network of believers lifting her up in prayer.
Pray specifically for her to hold down all fluid intake over the next few hours, pray that her sodium levels would return to normal and pray that she could continue to rest comfortably and recover quickly.
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