Addy Update! 01/29/08

Good news!! I just got back from seeing her and and she is doing great!! I happened to look at her vent monitor and noticed the her BPM(breaths per minute) was down to 17 from 22. That is so great!! Once she get down to like 5-10 she can come off of the vent!! Which means I can hold her!! I talked to the dr. tonight and he said thay he thinks she may have something called Bronchomalasia (sp). This is when the bronchial tube that you breathe with is very weak and the cartlage rings that are supposed to expand when you breathe actually collapse which is why she is requiring so much pressure in her lungs to keep them open. This makes me feel alot better knowing what is actually going on. I am hoping that this means she won't get a trach cause he said she would probably end up coming home on the CPAP. She also weighed 3 pounds 6 ounces yesterday and 3 pounds 10 ounces today!! I don't know how accurate that actually is but she is gaining weight!!! She looked so good today and they changed her bedding so I got to see her outside of her blankets!! They always have her wrapped up cause she is very active and trys to pull at her tube. Well I just wanted to let you know what was going on with her and that today is a good day finally!!!