We only got to talk to the doctor for second this morning (a set of twins was born this morning and came into our NICU room, so he was busy). He did say that he was going to do a cut-in sometime this afternoon--that means he will make a little cut in her arm to get a PICC line in. This of course makes Adam and I a little nervous since she will have to be slightly sedated, not to mention cut on. :( pray that it goes smoothly and is successful.
--Keli (Mom)
The Dr was unable to perform the procedure before he left for the day. Something about not getting all the sterile equipment together. So, it will be done tomorrow.
She was given another bath and rolled to her side. Her sigh breaths were also lowered from one every 4 seconds, to one every 6 seconds. She gets only 10 per minute unlike yesterday she was getting 15 per minute. Improvement all the time. She wiggles and squirms all day long and pulls and tugs at all the wires. Every once in a while the nurse has to get up and plug something back in and adjust this or that.
Keli is busy making cookies for the nurses. This should keep them motivated.
Tomorrow she will be a week old. Yay!
I also have a disagreement with the Obgyn Dr regarding the age of Aubrey. I believe she is a couple weeks older than the Dr says. Yes, I am disagreeing with a highly educated man who has thousands of babies of experience, but Daddy's sometimes know best. I told Keli last Saturday that Aubrey was 26 weeks old, not 24 weeks. It was confirmed by two other people, one an EMT, the other who has the experience of knowing a Doctor. They confirmed this theory by reading in a book that Aubrey is closer to the 26 week mark due to her having beautiful eye lashes and her birth weight. Thank you Jeremy and Jim.
- Adam (the dad)
The Dr was unable to perform the procedure before he left for the day. Something about not getting all the sterile equipment together. So, it will be done tomorrow.
She was given another bath and rolled to her side. Her sigh breaths were also lowered from one every 4 seconds, to one every 6 seconds. She gets only 10 per minute unlike yesterday she was getting 15 per minute. Improvement all the time. She wiggles and squirms all day long and pulls and tugs at all the wires. Every once in a while the nurse has to get up and plug something back in and adjust this or that.
Keli is busy making cookies for the nurses. This should keep them motivated.
Tomorrow she will be a week old. Yay!
I also have a disagreement with the Obgyn Dr regarding the age of Aubrey. I believe she is a couple weeks older than the Dr says. Yes, I am disagreeing with a highly educated man who has thousands of babies of experience, but Daddy's sometimes know best. I told Keli last Saturday that Aubrey was 26 weeks old, not 24 weeks. It was confirmed by two other people, one an EMT, the other who has the experience of knowing a Doctor. They confirmed this theory by reading in a book that Aubrey is closer to the 26 week mark due to her having beautiful eye lashes and her birth weight. Thank you Jeremy and Jim.
- Adam (the dad)
I was wondering whether her gestational age might be off as well... my guess was based purely on her weight at birth, and the fact that she is so strong already. So, so glad to hear she is doing well! Many more prayers coming your way.
ReplyDeleteYou guys keep strong, we are all thinking about you and praying! Adam stop arguing with the doctors, lol.
ReplyDelete-Ben