Wednesday 7 March 2012

Lucy's resting up tonight to get ready for her third crack at CPAP tomorrow. She's had another blood transfusion (her 4th in total) so she'll be topped up with those lovely red blood cells which will increase her oxygenation. The plan this time is slightly different - because she's now on Super Ventilator, they can run CPAP straight off the same machine with a pair of longer nasal prongs. Fingers crossed this will help her to cope with the stresses of extubation and result in her staying off ventilation for longer. 

Accidental alliteration notwithstanding, a common comment we get is 'It's really hard to picture how big/small she actually is'. In an attempt to rectify this, we took this picture of two beanies - the one on the left is a size 00000, designed for small full-term babies. The one on the right is Lucy's. So there you go.


1 comment:

  1. Wow, that is a great visual. I hope its not creepy, but I've been following Lucy's story and she's in our prayers. May she only ever grow stronger and bigger and fitter.

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