Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Epinephrine discontinued, weening off heart pump

Mid-day update:
Epinephrine was discontinued as of 6am this morning. That's one goal achieved. Next, they're pursuing the second goal of weening Naomi off of the heart pump by setting the heart pump to make Naomi's heart do more of the work. Yesterday the ratio was stated as 1:2 (1 machine pump, 2 heartbeats). Today Lisa said it's 4:1. I was alarmed at first, but she clarified that it's 4 heartbeats, 1 machine pump. We'll get the proper notation of the ratio solved sooner or later (hopefully sooner). Next 24 hours will be very telling, so pour on the prayer for the cardiac status and blood pressure to stay favorable.
Lisa wanted to pass on her thanks to the staff at Desert Valley and Loma Linda, as well as for the encouragement and support from so many.
Phil, on behalf of Lisa.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

My heart goes out to all of you!! I work at Desert Valley Hospital at the Main Switch board and met Nancy(Naomi),Lisa,Naomi's Dad and Husband..before the surgery and EVER since than I have been praying and "PULLING" for all of you especially Naomi!! Naomi is very STRONG and she is a FIGHTER I can feel that!! I am continuing to pray and going on the web site for all updates.
Prayers to all of Family & Friends!
Sincerely,
Zina(Desert Valley Hospital)

Anonymous said...

For those of you who havent heard Nancy is doing much better. She is off the ventilator and is doing good. I went to visit her and she was all smiles and very happy to see her friends and family especially her children. She was very emotional when she say her children.....