Riding on a Jet Plane

Another cute look at Elise from Thursday. Here is Elise getting ready to be moved into the isolette. In her isolette and all ready to leave St. John's NICU. Here is her transport team and the St. John's EMS crew. Loaded into the ambulance for transport to the airport.

Like Elise's new ride? Getting into her ride. Prepare for takeoff. Looking eastbound. We're almost to St. Louis!

See, there's the arch! We're back on the ground. Elise in her new room. There are those bright eyes again.

Elise had quite the day today, riding a jet plane to St. Louis. She got to ride next to Busch Stadium on Hwy 40 right before the game started. We made sure they knew she was passing by with our siren. She settled into the NICU at St. Louis Children's quite smoothly. She is on the vent at a rate of 30 and 60% oxygen with a pressure of 23 over a PEEP of 6, in case you were wondering. She opened her eyes when I started talking to her and just awake as can be. She is on a Fentanyl drip at 2 mcg/kg/hour, so she is comfortable but still able to look around and move. They discontinued her cefepime, pending cultures of her tracheal aspirate. They repeated some viral screens to look for a cause for her recent difficulties. They have been suctioning a lot of thick secretions in her airway. They haven't started any feedings back on yet, but we're hoping to do so soon. Dr. Warner will be taking care of her for the rest of this month. I met her and she was very nice. I filled the nurse practitioner in on all the information I knew about Elise the last few weeks. We avoided inhaled nitric oxide and paralytics, so that is good news. Kristin and I feel very good about being here and will see what happens next. Love you all,

Jason