Pulmonology Clinic/Shots

We took Cedie to her pulmonology appt early this morning. Despite being woke up early, she was in a GREAT mood. While we sat in the waiting room, she "danced" to her music player that she got for her b-day. Everyone commented on how cute she was! She just smiled and bobbed her head back and forth while kicking her legs and moving her arms! You would have thought we were at Disney Land!

I think part of her happiness was because she could tell her Mommy was so very excited to tell the docs how well she has done. I have never been more excited to be at a clinic :-)

When we got to a room, I sat Cedie on the table. She sat straight up with one hand propped on her leg (like we've been trying to get her to do...) and looked around. Her nurse and I didn't say a word. We just watched in awe. She sat there, totally unsupported, for what seemed like a long time (probably 1-2 minutes). However, the spell was broken when the RT came in to get her vitals. She plopped her self over to the side as soon as the door opened. Still, I was very proud of her :-)

Her vitals were great for the most part. Her weight was down a bit (6.39 instead of 6.45) but her height went up (62 cm instead of 60). Her CO2 was 38!!!! (normal range is 35-45 but there was a time when we were happy with anything under 55). Her O2 sat was 98% (great).

Her pulmonologist was also very excited with Cedie's progress. He thought it was "great" that Cedie had been off her rate since last Wednesday. Our next step is to ween her PEEP. She is currently at 8. Our goal over the next 6 weeks (we see him again 12/18) is to get to 4. We are so close to coming off the vent!!!

After that visit we went to see her PCP to get her 2nd RSV and 1st Flu shots. Poor baby fell asleep about 10 minutes before the nurse came in to give her the meds. Nothing like getting woke up by two sharp pokes in your thigh! Anyhow, she got over it pretty quick. When we got home she took a 3 hour nap-it was a big day!