A good day

Maverick has had a good day today.  They are still weaning his epi and nor-epi, they are now only replacing half the fluid volume he's putting out every hour (it was being replaced 1:1 until this afternoon), and he's tolerating a lasix drip (a med to help get rid of the fluid) they started.  His heart rate and blood pressure have been good, his lactate levels are the lowest they've been since coming off ecmo (1.7), and his venous oxygen saturations are now in the upper 40's.  They have stopped the vecuronium (the medication that paralyzes him), so maybe sometime tomorrow he'll start moving and opening his eyes again.  The doctors are happy with his progress, but wish he was getting rid of the extra fluid more quickly.  He's going to have a PCL placed tomorrow (another type of IV access) and they're going to remove his subclavian central line and his UVC.  It's just better to have those out due to risk of infection.  The past 24 hours have been trending in the right direction.  We're so thankful.  More tomorrow - jc