Friday, September 4, 2009

Day 12 - Hanging in There

We've been waiting for some good news since Chloe's first bad day. It's been a long few days but I think she's finally on the rebound. We got a good report from her nurse tonight. Her blood pressure seems to be up and stabalizing. The dopamine and cortisol are doing their jobs! We believe that her low blood pressure started a chain reaction of problems and that raising it will get her on the right track again.

Here's what we're praying for:
- Her blood pressure continues to stabalize and she can be weaned off the dopamine and cortisol in the next day or so.
- Her PDA (hole in the heart that closes for full-term babies) remains closed
- Kidneys get increased blood flow as her blood pressure rises so that she continues to increase and maintain an appropriate urine output.
- Stomach gets increased blood flow as her blood pressure rises so that she can digest mama's milk as soon as they begin feeds again.

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