We went down to xray, which turned out to be a non-event. Whatever was ordered was apparently called off for now, so after getting her all situated on the xray table, with oxygen tank and hooked up to the monitors, we had to get her back into her crib with all of that stuff to head back up to her room.
The doctors were by this morning. While they were out in the hall, I had to suction Peyton. What I got out was unreal. Her secretions are SO thick they are almost solid. There are mass quantities. They are also darker yellow now.
She is not as well today as she was yesterday. We don't know what is going on. I am trying to be strong, but this is unreal. I don't blame the doctors for not knowing what's going on with her. They are doing all they can with what they know. She's on 3 antibiotics. She' s on IV fluids. I don't know that there is more that can be done but I just wish we knew what we were dealing with!
Dermatology is supposed to come by to look at the rash on her hand. Cardiology is now being consulted because of the edema (face/feet). Infectious Disease is still weighing in. GI is on board because of the bleeding from the j tube. She's on the Peds service, although the PICU docs were there for her last week and they are aware of her being in the stepdown, not to mention that they were there for her endoscopy yesterday. Ortho consulted regarding her dislocated shoulders. Neurology has been involved as has Neurosurgery. And Pulmonary is also involved. That's 10 specialties in case you didn't take the time to count. 11 if you count the Dietician.
So, I would say that they are covering all their bases. I wouldn't concern yourself with thinking that they aren't doing everything they can at this point! :)
As always, I will keep you updated.
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