Small update...

They upped the oxygen for Averi. The doctor wants to let her lungs rest and not push her too much. The top of her right lung is starting to open up! There is still a lot of fluid that they want her to pee out. She is on lasix and another med to help with that. In these situations, they look at the fluid input/output ratio. Since she has extra fluid, she needs to be peeing more than what they are giving her in the way of fluids. She is being fed through IV, and Teresa said that they were going to start concentrating her fluids. She is getting really close to being "fluid negative," which is a GOOD thing! Keep praying!

Update...

Averi is stable for now. They had to bag her, push fluids, and change her ventilator. They think she crashed because she was dehydrated. They had given her a normal dose of lasix. That likely dehydrated her. Next time they will give a half dose.

Lasix is a very strong diuretic drug that is used as to treat fluid retention (edema). This medication is also used to treat high blood pressure. All CDH babies have some degree of pulmonary hypertension, so it is possible that (Tricia talking, not anything from Teresa!) the Lasix caused her blood pressure to plummet. Some babies are just really sensitive to this drug, and adjustments must be made because it works too well.

Thank you for praying. Thank the Lord she is stable now. I keep thinking about how terrifying that must've been for Teresa and Kevin. Please keep lifting Averi up!