[tri-med] Re: Hannah's surgery report...

What wonderful news!! Congrats to Hannah for not reading the trisomy
literature about needing the "normal" suctioning and doing her own thing
with being alert, peaceful, clear, and quiet. Yippee for Miss Hannah! (and
for all of you). Best wishes on retaining her old room.
~kym
mom to delilah 1 (t-13); ellis 3.

On 11/26/07, Janet King <jlvking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> THANK YOU GOD! Hannah was a trooper and did great. She is breathing
> wonderfully! So quiet. Donn just talked to her night nurse (we left the
> hospital before shift change) and she said that Hannah is awake and alert
> and looking around. She isn't agitated at all. And, best of all, when they
> went to go do the "normal" suctioning they would do based on time, they
> didn't need to! She didn't need it!!! When we saw her after she got to the
> PICU she was running 100% on her O2 and was only getting a bit of
> humidified
> 28% O2 (room air is 21%) blown to the trach. And respiratory said that she
> didn't really need that, it was just a standard thing she did after
> surgery
> and that was the lowest setting. It was so good to see her so quiet and
> peaceful, not retracting anymore. AND NO FEVER! Her temp is actually
> normal
> (97.6) for the first time in weeks!
>
> Donn, Zach and I will be heading to the hospital in the morning. We meet
> with "the trach lady" at 9 am to learn what to do for her. They are
> blocking
> her old room so we didn't have to move all our stuff out. That means,
> unless
> they fill up (which they doubt) that Donn will be able to go down there an
> work in her "old" room while I stay up in the PICU with her. If they do
> fill
> up then we will have to move her/our things.
>
> Thank you for your caring! We really, REALLY appreciate it!!!
>
> Janet and Donn
>
>
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