A very
sincere and heart-felt thanks for the prayers and support of me and my family
over the past week! What a week it has
been! Bet was a true definition of a
lady and she will be missed. Our loss is
her gain! Heaven is a wonderful place! I know she was overjoyed to see her beloved
Pop and Houston ran into her arms!
Morgan
has progressed throughout the week.
Since her hiccup weekend before last, she has slowly gotten better. She is still recovering, but she is on the
right road. Each day her little lungs
get better. We are thankful that she had
several months of lung growth to help her weather this infection and
virus.
Currently,
this is Morgan’s medical update. She is
on high flow nasal cannula. She has
tolerated it very well since last Wednesday.
When they put her on the nasal cannula, she went directly to a low liter
flow, close to what she was on prior to the ventilator. The doctor has decided to only wean her liter
flow at this time and leave her oxygen concentration requirement at 100%. If Morgan has to come home on oxygen, we will
not be able to adjust oxygen concentration requirement, therefore it makes
sense to only worry about the liter flow.
Her liter flow will have to go down before she can come home.
Her
feedings had been suspended due to the ventilator, but she is back on full
feeds every three hours. That girl loves
to eat and knew she was not getting fed.
She would smack her lips and cry out for food. Her pacifier would solve the temporary need
to suck, but she would quickly realize there wasn’t any milk coming out of
it.
Morgan’s glucose
has been fluctuating for the past few days.
In order to correct it, she is being given insulin when needed. The elevated glucose levels are believed to
be a direct result of one of her iv medications that she was on last week. That medicine has been changed to an oral
medication, so it is believed the glucose levels will begin to stabilize.
Morgan is often engaged in her surroundings and looks
around with her big, brown eyes. She loves
to watch her animal friends on the mobile and the lights on the play mat. I had a brainstorm to get some Baby Einstein
dvds to engage her further. She seems
to like it, especially when the screen changes colors or pictures. Her eyes grow with excitement as she looks at
the screen. Morgan is learning and I
know she is a baby genius! However, our
little prodigy fell asleep in class! She
was watching the dvd one minute and the next she was sound asleep…. That apple
doesn’t fall far from the tree!
Please
continue to pray for Morgan’s lung healing and growth. We pray against future infections and
virus. Also, please pray that her
glucose levels begin to stabilize. Seth
and I also request prayers for her overall development. Please remember all of her care givers in
your prayers, as well!
Many
thanks for all the support you give to the McCoin family!
Love,
Elizabeth
and Seth McCoin
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