Last night, Madeline showed the first signs of real improvement. She ate some mashed potatoes and fries, was very giggly, and wanted to go for a walk. So we actually put on a mask (which I removed for the pic) for safety and then she thought it would be cool to put on my sunglasses and wear them around. Pretty funny.
After a little walking she quickly became tired and had a lot of heavy breathing and was getting cold easy. I had a "conversation" with nurses and docs and they drew labs and found that her bicarb (base that controls pH of blood and off sets acids) had dropped from a 14 to an 11. Not good! She was quickly getting into a danger zone and now we have a chance of the acidosis setting off the pancreas again. After a few more "conversations" they took her off her current fluids and ran some Sodium Bicarbinate (base) and agreed to draw labs twice overnight. By midnight she was at a 19 and at 6:00 this morning she was at an 18, which is still just fine.
It is now 8:30 and she is just wiggling around. She says her tummy feels "good" this morning so if that is true and we can tolerate foods, feeds, and formula, we could be making serious ground today.
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