CHOP NICU day #4

 Thank you, thank you for your prayers. God is faithful and hears the prayers of His children.

Another uneventful night. Leo had a few more tremors but no seizure activity. The level of phenobarbital in Leo's blood is fairly high due the amount he needed previously to control the seizures and the fact that it is metabolized very slowly, but he hasn't received any additional doses in 48 hours. We are still waiting to see what will happen when his phenobarb level drops. The EEG is finally off in preparation for the MRI, though they will most likely need to reapply the leads afterward to watch for seizure activity when weaning the seizure med.

The doctor is pleased with how well Leo is breathing. He will stay intubated and on a ventilator until after the sedation needed for the MRI this evening wears off. They are hopeful that he will be able to be weaned from the vent and extubated shortly after.

His feeds have been increased to 1 oz of milk every 3 hours and he's tolerating it really well.

We don't anticipate having any results from the MRI until tomorrow sometime, but I'll keep you all posted!

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