Lily had a good day! She was on 35% oxygen for most of the day, didn't brady or desat much, and she lost 90 grams! This time we were hoping for weight loss, strangely enough, so it's a good thing - she lost a lot of her built-up water weight, and looks much less puffy now. She is still tolerating her feeds well, too.
Lily's first tracheal secretion culture came back positive; they measure the potential infection by the amount of bacterial growth in a petri dish. Apparently Lily's culture didn't show a great deal of bacteria- there was some, though, so they're running another test, which takes 48 hours. If the second test comes back positive also, they will probabluy administer a medicing that's like a nebulizer. It will require 5 more days at least of ventilation, so we're hoping the second culture comes back negative. I should note that this type of infection is less severe than a blood infection, since it's localized.
So, all said, a pretty boring day! Given the last few days, a boring one is not only good - it's great!
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