It's Between God and Her

Savannah is at her worst. The NJ feeding tube recoiled back up into her stomach causing her to vomit, so her feeds were stopped. Her O2 and heart rate have dropped significantly all day (HR as low as in 40s and O2 in the teens). They decided to place her on the noninvasive vent. She has had a few episodes on it, but not as frequent, so it's still up in the air as to whether she will need to be reintubated. They are doing a repeat eeg which has showed no seizure activity and her feeds have been stopped for over 3 hrs so its not a reflux issue, so docs aren't sure why she's doing this. One doc said some premies' brains won't deliver message to diaphragm to breathe but there's no test to prove that. Also, they had stopped her caffeine a few days ago, so they are restarting that to help elevate her heart rate. She's just kind of a puzzle to the docs because of her syndrome and all the unknowns. So, like I said it's with her and God.