Today was another day of stability, and still yet some improvements. Her breathing remains stable and her oxygen saturation was excellent today – as high as I’ve seen it yet. Today they attempted to lower her ventilator pressure support from 15 to 10, but Carrie didn’t tolerate that huge change, and they had to go back up some. Her day shift nurse told me that they put her back at 15, with the intent of lowering it more slowly. On this evening’s nurse update call, I inquired about her current pressure support and she said she didn’t know exactly, as the respiratory therapist had just left Carrie’s room. Her nurse didn’t have that information yet, so that will likely be an update for tomorrow morning. But Carrie is still on 55% oxygen support now, which is what we expected as they attempt to reduce the pressure support.
Her dialysis is going well, and the fluid that they are removing from her is helping take extra pressure off her lungs. Please pray that as they finish dialysis today that her kidneys will begin to heal quickly and her lung function will continue to improve.
They did another doppler scan of Jeremiah today. His heart rate was 130 beats per minute, and from what I understand that is perfectly within normal limits for 20 weeks. There is still no information now that gives us any indication that he is not still healthy and growing.
A great praise report today though, Mom is home from the hospital and she is doing well. She will be on oxygen for some time, and resting for a lot longer. But mom is past the bulk of the danger. Now that she is home and can get some real rest, she is requesting that calls and texts to her be kept to a minimum for a few days. She is extremely exhausted yet, and will likely spend a lot of time resting in coming days. She too will have quite a recovery before getting back to normal.
Last night I mentioned the GoFundMe for Carrie, and I thank all of you for the valuable advice and encouragement. So many of you have indicated that you would love to support us financially, and I am so humbled and grateful for your support. Much of the advice that I received was to search for alternatives to crowdfunding, as most take high percentages of the donations. I believe I have a better system to take donations, but it will take me another day to set it up. I’ll give more info on it tomorrow with a link for those of you who wish to contribute.
Friends and family, please continue to pray for all of us, including me. I am tired but can’t sleep. I have little more attention and focus on anything other than getting Carrie through right now. Your calls, texts, encouragement, prayers, and support are just exactly what I prayed for, and desperately need right now. Y’all are amazing.