The fluid in Amarie's lungs has cleared and they were able to turn her oxygen down...yay!!! So this morning they took her off of sedation and were going to remove the breathing tube. The ICU doctor came in and said that we were definitely on track to take it out within the hour. A couple of minutes before they extubated her, the neurologist got the CT scan results back and decided that she needed to be kept on the ventilator for another 48-72 hours. While we were really disappointed after getting our hopes up (again) that we would be able to hold her today, we are more upset about the results the neurologist gave us. After looking at her CT scan they determined that the seizures she had yesterday were caused from a blood clot in her brain. The blood clot also caused a little bleeding in her brain. Right now they are just trying to determine if the clot was from surgery or if she has a clotting disorder. They would need to draw a lot of blood to test her for a clotting disorder so they are going to test her when she is a little bigger but are sending Jason and I to get blood tests to see if we have any clotting disorders that could point them in the right direction. They will repeat the CT scan Friday morning to see if anything has changed.
~Corin
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Oh man, I feel for you. I was getting my hopes up while reading your blogs then felt the let down too. I'm getting as impatient as you are, but I know the best is yet to come. Ron and I enjoy the updates and pictures you post on this site. Keep the news coming and hang in there. We're all in there with you! Love Aunt Granny & Ron
Corin and Jason, Please know we are thinking about you and baby Amarie everyday, praying this will all end.
Love, Kerri~
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