Charlene seems quite stable. We managed in taking nitric oxide off her and also a couple of medicine off, leaving her with minimal amount of medicine. Also, the mean pressure and the oxygen support on the powerful oxygen machine (high frequency oscillatory ventilator) has been reduced quite a bit. The mean pressure from 34 to 25 and the oxygen support from 100 to 50. Her chest x ray also showed improvement.
But something's not quite right. Her white blood cell count is high indicating that there is infection somewhere.
4-8 May 2013
Charlene started having fever on Sunday and her white blood count remains high. And meanwhile, the weekend doctors were unable to reduce the settings of the oxygen machine further, leaving them concerned. However, investigations of blood, urine and stool samples found no results. Ultrasounds of liver, kidneys, gut and heart went well. We thank God that her major organs are functioning well.
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