Busy day

We have had a pretty busy day.  Addy no longer has one chest tube, an IJ line in her neck, anarterial line in her wrist.  We did gain to regular IV's but they were able to get both in on the first try.  She is no longer on presidex (sp?) or phentanol (sp?) and is weaning off melrenone (sp?).  I know these don't mean too much to you so I'll explain that the first two are sedation drugs and the last is a heart function drug.  She is no longer on nitric oxide and is down to four liters of high flow oxygen.

Unfortunately she has Chylothorax :(  This means that her lymph nodes are over drawn and leaking fat into her chest cavity.  She is now getting fatless feeds.  They spin down her milk and add calories without adding fat, we expect this to continue for the next four to six weeks.  We are still hoping a little that she'll prove us wrong but she's in charge.  Her last two chest tubes usually come out first but due to the Chylothorax they will need to stay in until this excess stuff is drained.

She is still on oxycodone for the crazy headache that they know she has but she is doing so well considering the battle she is fighting.