28
December
2007

Alphabet Soup3

To record for posterity, Dorrie’s list of issues past and present: esophageal perforation (healed), PDA (resolved w/indocin), BPD/CLD (severe), Klebsiella pneumonia, Serattia pneumonia, GER(D) w/ALTE, ROP stage 3 w/PLUS (resolved w/laser surgery), adrenal insufficiency (theoretically resolved), delayed swallow, MSSA colonisation, failed ABR (follow up in 3 months), 3 months on vent (2 bouts of oscillator, 1 Jet, 1 conventional), pulmonary hypertension (treated w/nitric oxide).



3 comments

  1. jun:

    Wow. Poor Dorrie. Is she still dealing with the pneumonia, too?


    (December 28th, 2007 at 8:09 AM)
  2. Elana:

    Eep! That’s a list and a half for someone so young!

    Glossary requests: PDA, BPD/CLD, GER, ALTE, ROP (PLUS), MSSA, ABR


    (December 28th, 2007 at 2:10 PM)
  3. mom:

    She had one pneumonia in July and then one in October. At the moment she is clear of them, but of course they didn’t help her lungs.


    (December 28th, 2007 at 9:00 PM)


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