When Scott and I went to see Alice on Thursday (after I posted the last blog) she had an IV in her arm (new to us). Reason for the IV was preventative medicine in case she had a bit of an infection in her lungs from acid reflux. Which again, is quite common with these little babies. Some of her milk that she spit up ended up her her breathing tube which causes the acid reflux and therefore an infection. There's no guarantee that there is an infection, but preventative medicine is the best.
As Friday and Saturday progressed, our little Alice seemed to get more tired and not as eye opening as she had been in the previous week - which means she probably did have an infection and the blood tests hadn't shown this yet. Her body language speaks huge and seeing her everyday you really get to know her personality.
Today was a great day because she was back to her chipper self - eyes wide open when she heard my voice. Eyes wide open at the beginning of the cuddle as well. Then sound, sound asleep (deep sleep) and no machines bonging while she slept. So she most likely had an infection and the antibiotics zapped it.
On rounds this morning "they" are still talking about extubating Alice tomorrow. She's getting some caffeine hits today to see how she reacts to these (as once she's extubating she'll be getting caffeine hits more regularly). We'll see how she goes through the night, and perhaps when I arrive tomorrow afternoon, she will have been extubated!
I will take a picture this week (once she's extubated) so you can see what the tubing looks like. The very, very first picture on the blog has the biphasic tubing, but I'll get a more recent shot.
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