Today Was Hard

It has been a pretty emotional day, so I will probably keep this short.

Emma Kate's heart, her sats, her breathing, it all looks great. The reason we are here is to deal with her feedings. That is it. We think. For whatever reason, EK has a lot of congestion in her head. Her lungs are clear. Despite the respiratory therapist suctioning her out a few times a day, she is choking on the mucous and throwing up part of her feedings. I believe the doctors want to see her go 24 hours without throwing up so much. So... we might be here awhile.

Earlier today we had a little scare. There was an issue with her x-ray this morning and the doctors suspected diaphragm paresis (partial paralysis of the diaphragm). However, according to the surgeon, she is not exhibiting ANY symptoms of this (increased work of breathing, low sats, etc). It is probably just a bad image: EK could have been moving around during the x-ray, who knows. Even though the probability is small, they will check again on her next x-ray. Paresis of the diaphragm is apparently not uncommon when a thoracic surgery is performed, and from what we've heard, it corrects itself, if that is the case.

Either way, please keep praying for Emma Kate. For her feedings to go smoothly and for her x-rays to come back crystal clear tomorrow!