Baby Eagan - NICU Day 103 - Surgery #10

Sleepy boy, right after surgery.

  Surgery went great today. It was actually on time! He now has a snazzy new double lumen, broviac, sub-clavian line. In English, this means he has a permanent line stitched below his collar bone. It has two separate ends that medicines and nutrition go in. The nurses will run all his TPN and medication through these lines until he is eating enough breast milk that he no longer needs it. We really hope this line will stick around until we are done with it rather than Eagan deciding he doesn't need it anymore.

 

The white line on the left side is the new line.

Weight
4 lb 13.6 oz

Breathing
Eagan is at 35 breaths per minute on the ventilator at a tidal volume of 10.0

Vein and Artery Access 
Eagan has a broviac sub-clavian line on the left side as of Day 103.

 

He also has an IV in his right hand.

Medications

He is back on Morphine every 6 hours as needed.

He was started on Ampicillin every 6 hours and Gentamicin every 8 hours for sepsis.

Fortaz, another antibiotic, has been added.

Caffeine has been started as a diuretic to try to speed up his kidney function.

He is also on Diflucan as a preventative measure.

He is also on Zantac to help calm his tummy's acid levels.

Lasix, a diuretic, will be given every 12 hours.

He is back on Synthroid for low thyroid.

 

Eagan is on a low, stress dose of Hydrocortisone of 0.45 mg every 6 hours.

Nutrition

Feeds are at 1 cc an hour continuously.  He is getting TPN and lipids.

Transfusions
July 22 - Transfusion #34 

 

Upcoming Tests

Eagan will have another eye exam this week.