X-ray, Smex-ray

Ollie had an X-ray this morning. Her Doc wanted to see if anything had changed since her visit on Friday before last (this was the initial x-ray that made him decide O needed more meds). According to him, they still appeared to be pretty much the same. He did say that it looked like her lungs were clearing up a bit. He also said that her chest sounds to be moving more air. He thinks that there were some mucus plugs that appear to be breaking up. This is good news. Hopefully now that things are clearing up, the antibiotics can get to the source of the bacteria. He has added a few things to our already busy daily rituals. Ollie will now be receiving an inhalant called pulmozyme once a day. This will be given to her right before her chest Pt's (pat pats). Pulmozyme helps to liquefy the mucus in her airways helping the patient to cough it up. Although Ollie cannot quite cough things up, it will help to keep the lungs clearer so that other inhaled antibiotics can get to any bacteria (this was the problem and why we are here now). She is receiving Tobi through an IV and will also be receiving Tobi for 28 days through and inhalant once we get home. Also, judging by the great job her respiratory therapist have been doing, John and I need to hit O a little harder during the pat pats. It is so hard to "beat" a baby, but I now realize how important it is to do these properly in order to keep her as healthy as we can. (I'm not blaming myself or John for this and I could be completely wrong-it's just an observation) We did find out that we will definitely be here for the entire 2 weeks. Hey, as long as it is helping O, I'm down. Lucky for us, we have great friends and family to lend a helping hand. The worse part so far has been when they needed a blood sample from Ollie. They need these to get her antibiotic levels just right. It is very important because these meds could have serious side effects if they are not at the right level. Well, they have been at the wrong level twice so far and O has been stuck 3 times and they plan to stick her again tomorrow. I've said it a few times and I'll say it again-She is a trooper. When the needle was inserted in her little hand, she cried for a total of 2 seconds and then preceded to watch the nurse draw the blood. What a tough little cookie. Beware Andalusia, we've got a little Lynsey on our hands and I'm not sure our little town can handle two! Oh well!