Hello Alley followers,
Alley is doing really well with her new lungs! She was taken off the ecmo last night, hurray! She had to be taken back down to surgery last night as one of her lungs was bleeding. They drained all the blood and fixed the problem. The docter said that this is common, especially where her orginal lungs were so bad and would be hard to take out because of the scar tissue. Also, they had to thin her blood because of the ecmo. It doesnt seem to be bleeding today so that is an improvement.
She is still on the ventilator but is doing all her own breathing, just with some pressure support. She is opening her eyes today when you talk to her and they are slowly turning down her pain medication to wake her up slowly.
They are also starting to give her some food through a tube to see how she does with it.
We have found a european bakery nearby so we all happy and I have gotten cindy addicted to lululemon. All in all, a great day.
5 comments:
great news Amy - especially the bakery and lululemons!! So glad to hear Alley is coming along well. You are all still very close to our hearts here in NB.
I picture some lululemons Christmas shopping between breaks!
Such good news all around - Alley knows loads of support is there routing for her and we are all doing the same thing here. Hugs to all of you...
This all sounds like great news. I'm sure there are lots of others out there lovingly stalking your posts girls.
Thank you guys so so much for keeping us updated. It's so exciting and wonderful that Alley is improving so quickly. Let her know we are thinking of her and that I miss her terribly. So happy for you all! Amber
So glad to hear she is improving- have been reading your blogs and hoping she has a stellar recovery- Rehab Unit Springhill
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