The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit nurses stated that Maddie has had two good nights in a row. Her blood pressure medication was again reduced along with the use of the ventilator and oxygen. Three doses of heart valve medication were administered and she’s tolerated them well so far. A sonogram will tell how effective the…

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Maddie had a relatively good night. Some treatments were reduced and tolerated. She’s being given two medications…an antibiotic and one to close a valve in her heart which they previously wanted left open. This little bit of progress makes our Thanksgiving that much more meaningful. Copyright The Spohrs 2007 – 2008. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED –…

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We were all told from the start that Madeline’s experience would be a roller coaster and that sometimes two steps forward might be followed by 7 steps back. Last night was a rough one for Maddie. She started to de-stat and had to be put back on blood pressure medication and her ventilation increased. They…

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We knew that life in the NICU would be full of ups and downs. Lots of times babies will make progress in one area only to have something else go wrong. Madeline has had lots of ups and downs the last few days. First, the ups. She is responding to Mike and I so much….

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Maddie had an interesting day yesterday. She’s been on a small amount of blood pressure medication but that was stopped yesterday and she tolerated the change well. She has an aggressive doctor who would like to ween her completely from the ventilator but there are still some small, stubborn pockets of air. To that end…

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