Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Mary Grace is still at the Lady of the Lake Hospital as of today. Dr. Eidell will be transporting her to Children's Hospital in the morning. He will evaluate Mary Grace to determine if she can still have the lung function test tomorrow. Mary Grace is still on oxygen and can not be taken off. Her stats still fluxerate and are not steady. A respiratory therapist saw Mary Grace this morning and tested her for RSV. We are waiting for those test results to come back. Even if Mary Grace has RSV, the doctors say it has to run its course and it will not change anything. She will just have RSV in addition to the lung problems. As of now, we are not sure when Mary Grace will be able to come home. Her pediatric pulmonary specialist said he can not perform the lung function test if she is still on oxygen. She has to be put to sleep with the test and he does not want to do that with the oxygen problems she is having. This is a hard decision to make considering Mary Grace has been waiting on this test since the beginning of January. There are only three machines in the United States that perform this test. This is one of the most severe oxygen decreases Mary Grace has experienced. Her doctors feel that they are closer to finding out what is wrong with more pieces to the puzzle being exposed. I will post more information as I receive it from Katie. Please continue to keep Katie, Joe, and Mary Grace in your prayers.
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