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Our night...

December 20, 2012


It was a relatively quiet night, so very very thankful for that.  I went to bed just before midnight and slept until around 5:30am when I heard Lucy complaining of pain.  This is so hard...we are in difficult spot when it comes to pain control, too much and we are in jeopardy of suppressing her respiratory drive even further, too little and then she is in pain.

Last week when Lucy was having a difficult time keeping her O2 sats up it was because of the accumulation of all of the narcotics in her body, narcotics suppress the body's respiratory drive.  When we woke her up her O2 sats rebounded which was what we expected would happen.  This time when waking Lucy up her O2 sats did not rebound, in fact they continued to plummet.  This is not what we expected.  A stat chest x-ray was order bedside to rule out a pneumonia. Dr. R reviewed the film personally with the radiologist and they both agreed that things looked normal for Lucy.

While the respiratory therapist was setting up the Vapotherm she was asking questions about Lucy's respiratory health, both Dr. R and I said that ironically respiratory function is Lucy's strength.  She is a shallow breather, uses O2 regularly, and has had her fair share of pneumonias, but overall she breaths on her own with little need for assistance, until now.

Our girl is sick and we don't know yet what is making her so sick.  However, there is a suspicion that she could be experiencing urosepsis.  Her body has been fighting hard all of her life, but in particular these past few weeks.  She is still febrile, IV Tylenol is not doing much to bring down her temps, but the combination of Tylenol and dilaudid seem to be helping her pain as her heart rates have come down a bit.

There is a steady stream of doctors and nurses coming in this morning, each relieved that she stayed stable overnight, but all with the same look of concern.  Our girl is a fighter, such a fighter...

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Laurie said...

Continuing to pray for Lucy's strength as well as your families to get through this difficult season. We love y'all!

Kristina said...

We have been praying so hard for sweet little Lucy and your whole family. I've tried many times to comment here with no success, but we follow your journey daily! Lucy has a special place in my heart since we share the same bday and since our 4th baby came with so many special needs too. I wish that we lived closer so that we could help out in some way. May the Lord be your strength through these struggles. Sending all our love, the Sorenson's

Unknown said...

Drew and Nicole - I check your blog everyday and pray for your little angel every night. Please know that I am thinking of you all the time and hoping Lucy find some peace and comfort soon.

Love you all! Kimberly

natb said...

Still praying for all of you!

Jean Sullivan said...

Praying for God's love, comfort, peace and healing--especially upon dear Lucy.


"She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means 'God is with us.'" Matthew 1:23