151st Day in the NICU (Part 2)

So to give a little more update on Drayke. Dr W (Attending at Vandy) talked to Dr Sweets (Pulmonary Dr at St Louis). This just about sucked when Dr W told us the news. Apparently we were lied to about the transplant by the transplant coordinator. It was more than just one department that decided Drayke was not a candidate for a transplant. Apparently he was never a candidate for a tranplant. Now mind you we were told it was just one dept and that when he gains more weight and becomes more stabile he would be reconsidered. Apparently that was not the truth either. He will have to be at least a year old and he has to have little to no brain damage from the lack of Oxygen from his destat's.

So right now Dr W's goal is to get him well enough to be sent home. He says there is pretty much no chance of survival. We did talk to cardiology and pulmonary drs at Vandy. They are giving him a 10% chance of surviving. The Cadiology/Pulmonary people wanted to become aggressive with Drayke's treatment. The are going to put a PIC line in and start him on a drug called Milrinone. It is supposed to help him.

After he got his PIC line and his first dose of Milrinone he started to stat pretty good. They also adjusted his vent settings as well.