And here is Brady now!
Brady came off the vent -- yay!! He was showing moderate retractions and was very tachypnic (respirations in the 100's) so he is on High Flow oxygen for today to help him transition but he should be back on his regular nasal canula sometime tomorrow. Dr Ambrusco from Hematology came in this afternoon. Brady's hemoglobin level was 9.8 this morning, which is down from 12.6 yesterday, but he isn't concerned. He said we can expect to see his hemoglobin drop. What matters is whether or not his bone marrow kicks in and compensates for the anemia. So far, that looks promising. Reticulocytes are baby red blood cells. Brady's reticulocyte count (aka retic count) has never been higher than 36 before and is usually only in the single digits. A normal retic count in a healthy baby his age would be between 30 & 90. In a patient with anemia the retic count should be elevated, meaning the body recognizes the anemia and is attempting to fix it. This morning B's retic count was 47, a new high for him. It shows that his bone marrow is starting to make more reticulocytes as his hemoglobin drops and that's exactly what its supposed to do! It's still too early to say for sure whether or not the exchange transfusion worked but for now it's looking positive :)
Brady's ICU room
His monitor, which shows his heart rate (red), veinous pressure (green), respiratory rate (blue), and oxygen saturation (pink)
B -- snug as a bug!
First of all what a precious precious boy you have :). I read your post from the baby center page, and I read you blogs on here. Girl I can feel your pain. it seems like our storys are so much alike! I to gave birth to my son 9.11.12 at 35weeks. He had to be deliverd because he had fetal hydrops and so much fluid around his heart, that he was measuring 39weeks in his chest. I was in complte shock. Then while im recovering from my csection they came in said he needs a blood tranfusion and has transite luekimea of down syndrome so here my baby is in nicu with wires.and tubes and on chemo. 5 days later he is off chemo and cancer free. But he to needed platletts and patasuim trans. I dont want to keep going on and on about my son. I will just say God is in controll of our little boys & I will shur pray for your son. Im so thankfull we live in a country that has the machines and doctors who know what they are doing. Your son is so amazing. And I know living in and out of the nicu/picu is stressful Ive been in the nicu for 2mts now! ;( im praying for you and your.fam please do the same for my son Dominic
ReplyDeleteI will say prayers for Dominic every day. I hope your little guy continues to be a fighter and remains cancer free! ((hugs))
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