Got Blood?

Harper's output was, again, very minimal and her chest x-ray was clear. So it appears that the medication it working and she is not producing as much fluid. Hopefully, this will be a window for the leak in her duct to heal up and we can move forward!
But, her breathing was a little heavier than normal so they did some labs and found that her red blood count was low. Apparently, babies don't/can't make red blood cells the same as adults can because all of their marrow isn't fully functioning. Since they have done so many labs on her and had to remove so much of her blood, they were not surprised that her count was low. In order to get her rbc's back up she had to have a blood transfusion.
Not too big of a deal, really. They just hooked up Harper's IV to a syringe of blood and slowly pumped it in to her. The IV actually came out during the transfusion because it had been in the same hand for so long that it 'went' bad. But, they put a new IV in to her arm and continued pumping away!
Thank you to whoever donated their blood that our baby girl needed. I will certainly continue to give blood every chance I get... You should to! It truly does save lives.

Tomorrow the doctors will come together and talk about a possible plan for the future. I know they will want to see another few days of no output before making and severe changes, but maybe some food is in her future! Get pumped!

I'll update tomorrow with what the docs say and what they come up with as a plan for Harper this week as long as everything continues to go 'as planned'!

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