So, Saturday (4/3) morning I got up after 8 hours of sleep and went in to check on PR in the nursery....I noticed that her IV was looking really red and puffy and bloody...so they said that the IV was bad and would have to put a new one in...
I really couldn't handle sticking around for that so I went back to the room and had breakfast. Then the pediatrician came in to give us her report...it wasn't too good.
Around 5 then again around 7 she puked up some green bile. They said if she did it one is could be no big deal but it happened 2ce so they "life flighted" her to primary Children's hospital for and Upper GI test. (they make her swallow some barium (sp?) then they track it to make sure that there is no blockage in the intestinal tract causing the bile to not be able to pass. Blockages can cause the intestines to twist on themselves causing the bowel to die...) So we went over to the nursery and they let me hold her (finally)
and LifeFlight showed up to take her....
My nurse called the midwife and let her know what was going on and she came over to discharge me so we could go up to PCMC to be with her. We worked on paperwork for PR and us and they took her away. (so many tubes and wires and the IV was now in her poor little head...)
We got out of there a little bit later. Headed home to change and headed up to the hospital. We were almost there, when they called and said....
"the test was clear, they don't know why she puked up like that. She is now in the NICU here and is hungry...can we feed her?"
WELL YEAH! (because of her hard time breathing they wouldn't let me feed her, they just had her on a sugar water IV) So for them to let her eat was SO exciting! When we got up there and scrubbed and went in, the nurse said..."she is so cute and doing great, would you like to hold her?" HECK YES!!! So, I sat there for hours and just held my baby! It was SO NICE! She nursed for a few minutes. but mostly just slept SO peacefully in my arms....
I can't even tell you how grateful I am for those moments...
She was no longer on O2, and the warmer for the bed was turned off and she was maintaining her breathing and O2 and temp levels. the only thing she still had was the sugar water IV....
While we were there our neighbors came to visit, it was really nice to feel the love and support of friends, that I didn't even know knew what was going on. :o) (I am grateful for the love and support of good friends and family through this whole thing.) Then Dave and Mindy came to visit too. It was nice to visit and people be allowed to hold her.
then is was time for Dave and Jon to go to Priesthood session of General Conf. So we sadly left her behind and headed out. (I had asked what was needed for her to be able to go home and they said that she had to be eating well for at least 24 hours, so I told them to FEED HER!!! I am all for breast feeding but in this case I was pumping and pumping and getting NOTHING so formula is the way to go...Health over preference!! At this point she was 3 days old and had only nursed for 3 minutes of her life....Just feed the poor starving girl so she can get healthy so we can go home.)
I didn't really want to be left at home by myself so they took me to Manda's and I was able to play with the other kids and just sit around. We had dinner and made cut out cookies and put the kids to bed.
On the way home I called the NICU to see how she was doing, they said she was eating like a champ and they thought she was SO CUTE! (they were all excited to care for a "healthy", full term baby -it makes their shift a little easier. :o)) The good news made me sleep easier too.
I really couldn't handle sticking around for that so I went back to the room and had breakfast. Then the pediatrician came in to give us her report...it wasn't too good.
Around 5 then again around 7 she puked up some green bile. They said if she did it one is could be no big deal but it happened 2ce so they "life flighted" her to primary Children's hospital for and Upper GI test. (they make her swallow some barium (sp?) then they track it to make sure that there is no blockage in the intestinal tract causing the bile to not be able to pass. Blockages can cause the intestines to twist on themselves causing the bowel to die...) So we went over to the nursery and they let me hold her (finally)
and LifeFlight showed up to take her....My nurse called the midwife and let her know what was going on and she came over to discharge me so we could go up to PCMC to be with her. We worked on paperwork for PR and us and they took her away. (so many tubes and wires and the IV was now in her poor little head...)
We got out of there a little bit later. Headed home to change and headed up to the hospital. We were almost there, when they called and said...."the test was clear, they don't know why she puked up like that. She is now in the NICU here and is hungry...can we feed her?"
WELL YEAH! (because of her hard time breathing they wouldn't let me feed her, they just had her on a sugar water IV) So for them to let her eat was SO exciting! When we got up there and scrubbed and went in, the nurse said..."she is so cute and doing great, would you like to hold her?" HECK YES!!! So, I sat there for hours and just held my baby! It was SO NICE! She nursed for a few minutes. but mostly just slept SO peacefully in my arms....
I can't even tell you how grateful I am for those moments...
She was no longer on O2, and the warmer for the bed was turned off and she was maintaining her breathing and O2 and temp levels. the only thing she still had was the sugar water IV....While we were there our neighbors came to visit, it was really nice to feel the love and support of friends, that I didn't even know knew what was going on. :o) (I am grateful for the love and support of good friends and family through this whole thing.) Then Dave and Mindy came to visit too. It was nice to visit and people be allowed to hold her.
then is was time for Dave and Jon to go to Priesthood session of General Conf. So we sadly left her behind and headed out. (I had asked what was needed for her to be able to go home and they said that she had to be eating well for at least 24 hours, so I told them to FEED HER!!! I am all for breast feeding but in this case I was pumping and pumping and getting NOTHING so formula is the way to go...Health over preference!! At this point she was 3 days old and had only nursed for 3 minutes of her life....Just feed the poor starving girl so she can get healthy so we can go home.)
I didn't really want to be left at home by myself so they took me to Manda's and I was able to play with the other kids and just sit around. We had dinner and made cut out cookies and put the kids to bed.
On the way home I called the NICU to see how she was doing, they said she was eating like a champ and they thought she was SO CUTE! (they were all excited to care for a "healthy", full term baby -it makes their shift a little easier. :o)) The good news made me sleep easier too.
2 comments:
I am SO glad you are home! She is a doll and I can't wait to meet her in a lighted room where I can see her a bit better ;)
can't even imagine leaving the hospital without my little one! Glad that she was okay.
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