Sleep Comes

As Dale's earlier post indicated, Izzy did not really sleep last night either. So it has been days. When I arrived around 9:15, they preparing to take her down from imaging. They wanted to get a good baseline of her perfusion to her lungs. This is necessary since McKenzie's right pulmonary artery is much smaller than her left. They want to see the amount of blood that is being supplied by both and in the future, they can do a comparison when (and if) there are problems. She needed to be totally knocked out for this procedure so she wouldn't move. The drug worked (for the most part) and even though it wears off in 10 minutes, she is still sleeping. It is not the best sleep since she wakes up once every 20 minutes crying, but she doesn't really open her eyes and she falls back asleep again.

Her chest x-ray revealed that her left lung is having issues again. So, other than sleep, the goal is to get her sitting up and moving about and lots of chest PTs. They started the Xopenex again as well.
Mhy lunch date is here, so I will leave. Keep Izzy in your thoughts and lets hope her lungs clear up for good. Thanks,
Melonie

4 Message(s)

Posted Apr 24, 2009 6:25pm

by Stefenie Jacks

Still praying for Izzy!
Always in our many thoughts and prayers,
Stefenie, Ryan, Wyatt and Logan Jacks
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Posted Apr 24, 2009 2:57pm

by Char Mazeppa

Prayers are with little McKenzie and with all of you....always. Rest little doll...
Much love, Aunt Char & Uncle John and the girls...xoxoxooxx

Posted Apr 24, 2009 2:52pm

by June Spriggs

here is wishing for rest and clear lungs for Izzy and a peaceful heart for you and Dale as you wait and wait for things to improve.
Love, June,David and Kristen

Posted Apr 24, 2009 12:36pm

by Laura Davenport

Praying for clear lungs! Sending you oxygen vibes! Can't wait to hear that everything is cleared up and Izzy is going home.
Hang in there!
Laura and Lily
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