Battling the bugs

Last night’s sedative seemed to work quite well and Jessica managed to have a good night’s sleep. Her blood results in the morning showed that her CRP level and white blood cell count were raised from the previous day, indicating infection, and the team were concerned about her getting a secondary bacterial infection on top of the parainfluenza. Her wound was also looking a little red around the stitches and so she has been put on gentamicin and vancomycin to try and nip any possible infection in the bud.

Jessica had a few more moments of being interested in her toys, what was going on around her and pulling Daddy’s nose although was a bit overtired during the day and not really wanting to sleep very much, although she did settle quite well by bedtime. She also seemed to be working hard with her breathing and felt quite warm although her temperature was normal. She had another chest X-ray in the morning and all looked fine on this which was quite reassuring. Her oxygen saturation levels have also been a little better today.

She had a visit from Nanny, Auntie Loraynne and Auntie Maxine in the afternoon and then later in the day, Dr Archer and Dr Manning from Oxford also popped in to say hello as they had their big team meeting in Southampton.