Archer had a line that ran into his umbilical cord that monitored his blood pressure and was also used for drawing blood. After three weeks of use this line seemed to no longer be working. Archer had this line removed from his belly. Since this change his blood pressure has been monitored by a blood pressure cuff every two hours. In the future the doctor may need to add a line to his arm or heel in order to have real-time blood pressure updates. Archer's blood pressure levels today were very good. This allowed the nurses to wean him down to smaller doses of dopamine.
We hope these trends will continue so we can hold him in our arms in the near future.
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