Friday, April 16, 2010
One more thing
I forgot. The doctor explained why Eva probably had this episode now after going so long without one. Apparently the way babies metabolize the flecainide (her medicine) changes around the 6 month point. Around the same time babies digestive systems develop and they are able to eat solids, they also start metabolizing the medicine more quickly. So, rather than it staying in her system for 12 hours it was only staying in her system for about 8 hours. Also, as she got bigger the ratio of medicine per day to body size decreased. For both these reasons the medicine wasn't quite as effective. Now we will be giving her the same medicine, but doing so three times a day, rather than twice a day. Hopefully that should do the trick.
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Congratulations Eva! And Mom and Dad! I am so sorry you have had to go through the last couple of days. But what an exciting explanation! So glad to hear sweet Eva is growing and doing what she is suppose to do. The three of you are in my thoughts and prayers daily.
ReplyDeletexoxo Julia