Rough Night

Friends,

Quickly just wanted to let y'all know what is going on. Emma Kate had a rough night. Since her PICC line came out, they will not reinsert another for at least 24 hours, I believe. A couple of nurses from CI came down to see if they could find any vein that would allow her to get TPN. They found one in her left wrist, inserted an IV and got the fluids moving. Not 30 or 40 minutes later, her arm started turning red and then almost purple! A neonatologist came down as well as the on call cardiologist. They turned off TPN and the color in her arm went back to normal. So, no IV nutrition all night; just Pedialyte. She slept well all night and took a long, long nap today. Dr. Lau (not Dr. Law, but Dr. Lau) came in to let us know that they would like to do a heart catheterization on EK tomorrow afternoon. They will measure the pressures in her heart and see if she has developed any collateral arteries, which might be compensating for the higher blood volume which comes after the Glenn. Its hard to explain, and I will try to better express what will happen tomorrow when I have more time. They will also probably put in a central line (for the purpose of getting TPN) during the cath. In the meantime, we can give her Portagen!!! Yay! At least she won't be hungry. I know I sound like a broken record, but thank you for all your prayers! I know they are getting us through this tough time! I will update again soon!