Wednesday 11/14/18

Meghan was off the vent early this morning. She was able to keep down some Gatorade and hasn’t gotten sick yet. Hemo did drop overnight but no blood was given at this time. Meghan was off the vent today for 10 hours total time. She again had a little fever so they gave her Tylenol for that. They are going to do some new cultures to see if there is any change infection wise. Did labs to recheck levels and hemo went up and she did not receive blood. Also next step in getting Meghan’s abdomen completely closed they are thinking they may do her skin graft on Friday. They will place that and watch it closely for any rejection of the new skin. They do not want to use Meghan’s skin to avoid any new chance of irritation or infection so they will use donor skin. If the skin doesn’t take they just will remove it. There is a way less risk of rejection than like an internal organ from a donor.