Written September 17, 2013 12:15pm
Andrew was able to listen in on rounds this morning. Seems like when I plan ahead to leave early, they do rounds even earlier!!
Yesterday, the doctors had noticed there was some air outside of the lungs (on the chest X-ray). At the time, they just mentioned it in passing and said that they'd keep an eye on it. This morning, it was brought up in rounds. They reiterated that the amount of air was very small and that they'd continue to monitor it with X-rays. This is called Pneumothorax. Here's a helpful explanation from the National Library of Medicine (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007312.htm): "A pneumothorax occurs when the tiny air sacs (alveoli) in a baby's lung burst, leaking air into the space between the lung and chest wall (pleural space)." While this sounds very scary, it's not - at least in Evan's case. Just as I was leaving this morning, Evan's nurse told me that the results from the morning's X-ray showed that the air was starting to dissipate! dissipate!
Evan's feeds were increased again to 5 mL. Sometime late this afternoon/early evening, the feeds will be increased to 6 mL. Woohoo!
We're meeting with Evan's pediatrician today. Even though he won't see a pediatrician for months, they're still keeping up with his progress so they're on the same page as the NICU doctors when he's released.
Yesterday, the doctors had noticed there was some air outside of the lungs (on the chest X-ray). At the time, they just mentioned it in passing and said that they'd keep an eye on it. This morning, it was brought up in rounds. They reiterated that the amount of air was very small and that they'd continue to monitor it with X-rays. This is called Pneumothorax. Here's a helpful explanation from the National Library of Medicine (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007312.htm): "A pneumothorax occurs when the tiny air sacs (alveoli) in a baby's lung burst, leaking air into the space between the lung and chest wall (pleural space)." While this sounds very scary, it's not - at least in Evan's case. Just as I was leaving this morning, Evan's nurse told me that the results from the morning's X-ray showed that the air was starting to dissipate! dissipate!
Evan's feeds were increased again to 5 mL. Sometime late this afternoon/early evening, the feeds will be increased to 6 mL. Woohoo!
We're meeting with Evan's pediatrician today. Even though he won't see a pediatrician for months, they're still keeping up with his progress so they're on the same page as the NICU doctors when he's released.
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