Monday morning update

Last night felt pretty stable until we found an area of phlebitis on the inside of her left leg. The doctor wasn't overly concerned about it since it was a very superficial vein, and treated it with warm compresses overnight. It looks better but not yet resolved this morning. She was mostly stable overnight with a few drops in her O2 saturation that respond relatively quickly to a few breaths on 100% oxygen. Her blood pressure has been good and I think they're still weaning her off the dopamine and milrinone. We had a visit from her cardiac surgeon this morning, he's a non-alarmist, reassuring type. It was good. Got a visit from the ped pulmonologist just now, and they're scheduled to do a bronchoscopy on her at 1:30. This will allow them to assess the healing and functionality of the patch as well as suction out any mucous or debris deeper in her lungs than the suction catheter in her ET can reach. Her main ICU doctor thinks this is going to make a big difference in her pulmonary function. Her cardiac surgeon says her heart is great and no longer any concern. She's waking up through the paralytic (testing 4/4 on the stim test) but not doing much moving. Just waiting waiting...