Getting the Kinks worked Out

Just a quick update...Elli is doing pretty darn good. The steriods that they gave her seem to be kicking in and helping with the inflammation/oxygenation. The nurses and doctors have weaned her Delta P down to 30, so she is ventilating well. Her gases have looked pretty good throughout the night and she seems to be getting more stable as they try different things. The respiratory therapist also turned down her MAP (mean airway pressure) the amount of pressure that is delivered with each tiny burst of air to between 14-15. As of now her Nitric Oxide is still going and her oxygen is still turned up to about 100%, but her saturations have seemed much better throughout the night and this morning, we even saw them hit 98% for a split second. Since her oxygenation is so much better when she is calm and sleeping, the doctors decided to go up on her sedation. They turned to Morphine and Versed up last night, but it didn't really work. The night nurse ended up giving Elli 5 doses of PRN meds, so this morning they cranked them up again, but clearly our little Miss does not want to be sleeping. Daddy is currently sitting by her trying to get her to close her little eyes, but she is resisting. She was doing the same thing last night when we were trying to leave. Since Elli has been so much more stable through the night and this morning the doctors and surgeons think that is in Elli's best interest to get rid of the silo. The plan is to clean out any old blood or yucky drainage and put in a patch to allow room for the remaining intestines in the abdomen. Hopefully this will decrease the risk of infection and help Elli in general. So I guess the plan is to to have surgery this afternoon at 1:00 to close with a patch. Will post more when we know more.