Improvements

Wesleigh Anne has started looking better and better each day. We are weaning her off of the large amount of oxygen that she had due to the RSV and are seeing a decrease in the amount of secretions she has each day. Her doctors are thrilled with how she has handled the RSV and have said that it was much closer to how a "normal" baby with RSV would do rather than how they would normally see a "heart baby" do...so that's great!!! We will now go back to the original task of finding out why Wesleigh Anne has having breathing difficulty at home before the whole RSV episode. The thought towards the end of last week was that when she refluxed it decreased her oxygen saturations, however those numbers could have been skewed because of the mucous she was starting to produce due to the RSV. Therefore we will move to step-down today and go back to watching when her numbers increase and decrease to try to buy her time before her next heart surgery. We will also increase her diuretics and possibly revisit the idea of her going home with some oxygen. With her regular cardiologist back in town, we should be able to get a better idea of what is causing her breathing issues and what we can do to improve them. Please continue to pray for a quick answer so that we can come home and for protection for the other babies in the ICU and step-down that they will not get RSV.