Genevieve had a rough 24 hours. Her surgery yesterday took the long road, Dr. Christian did all of the repairs, then before closing, she performed another echo cardiogram and discovered she needed to go back in and repair some more. Genevieve was placed on the bypass machine twice...not a favorable outcome; however...not uncommon.
<--- Genevieve came off her ventilator at 5 a.m. this morning, an excellent hurdle to have behind her. As she came off her ventilator...the challenges began. Her right ventricle was not working, in other words there was "no squeeze" and Genevieve's arms and legs were not getting blood pumped to them and were turning ice cold to the touch. This sent a ripple in the morning and medical staff going in all directions... Genevieve was p
ut on a pace maker. Her right atrium is stimulated in order to make her right ventricle work. She was also placed on medicine to raise her blood pressure and make her heart work harder. By mid day, her heart rate was improving along with her blood gases. Then attention turned to her renal output, again...not great news but with doses of lasix her kidneys increased their output, still not where it needs to be, but improving. There is concern about fluid collecting around her lungs. Genevieve is beginning to swell due to all the IVs...to be expected. She remains on morphine and tylenol with codine...Genevieve does wake up and look around, she is responsive yet is unable to cry...she does whimper and emit a raspy hum...kind of hard to describe.
Genevieve's recovery process increased by one day today...she remains in ICU.
The family and church family who are here keeps a revolving door at the hospital, Genevieve's Great Grandparents are here and will return to Mississippi tomorrow.
The goal now is to get Genevieve well enough to leave ICU. She had 3 bottles of pedialyte and kept it down. She was given formula and that did not go so well, it came back up.
<--- Genevieve's incision and suture is something new, Dr. Christian is one of a handful of surgeons who do a "princess" incision for their young female patients.
<--- Genevieve came off her ventilator at 5 a.m. this morning, an excellent hurdle to have behind her. As she came off her ventilator...the challenges began. Her right ventricle was not working, in other words there was "no squeeze" and Genevieve's arms and legs were not getting blood pumped to them and were turning ice cold to the touch. This sent a ripple in the morning and medical staff going in all directions... Genevieve was p
ut on a pace maker. Her right atrium is stimulated in order to make her right ventricle work. She was also placed on medicine to raise her blood pressure and make her heart work harder. By mid day, her heart rate was improving along with her blood gases. Then attention turned to her renal output, again...not great news but with doses of lasix her kidneys increased their output, still not where it needs to be, but improving. There is concern about fluid collecting around her lungs. Genevieve is beginning to swell due to all the IVs...to be expected. She remains on morphine and tylenol with codine...Genevieve does wake up and look around, she is responsive yet is unable to cry...she does whimper and emit a raspy hum...kind of hard to describe.
Genevieve's recovery process increased by one day today...she remains in ICU.
The family and church family who are here keeps a revolving door at the hospital, Genevieve's Great Grandparents are here and will return to Mississippi tomorrow.
The goal now is to get Genevieve well enough to leave ICU. She had 3 bottles of pedialyte and kept it down. She was given formula and that did not go so well, it came back up.
<--- Genevieve's incision and suture is something new, Dr. Christian is one of a handful of surgeons who do a "princess" incision for their young female patients. 
3 comments:
Prayers that all works out for Little Genevieve. Best wishes from Pennsylvania!
Stay strong sweet angel. We're all praying for you.
A special hug to mommy and grandma from Olivehim.
I'm so late posting, but was reading from the beginning to catch up. In the second photo on this page (close-up) she looks like an absolute angel...God's little gift. She's beautiful. Mona
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