7a.m.
The night shift nurse said Aubrey had several apnic episodes during the night and they had to turn her back up rate on the SiPAP up again. They keep reminding me that she's just acting like a preemie...I guess I need to keep hearing it because I wonder over and over why she hasn't gotten the hang of this whole breathing thing yet. Then I remember--she would only be 29 weeks tomorrow. She's still not supposed to know how to breathe air. One day, one breath at a time.
Today, my entire paragraph is going to be thankful and not pitiful. I promise. I think I promise, anyway. Here goes: I could not be more thankful for my funny, level-headed, sexy, unflappable, goofy, hard-working husband. My friends on Facebook probably get throw-up sick of my mushy posts about him, but he truly is the best guy I know. He's not perfect, thankfully, because neither am I and that would be boring. But he's perfect for me. He calms me down when I get my temper up or have a crying fit; all I have to do is look at him and my nerves are eased. He makes me laugh with his Adam-isms (I have a several-pages long Word file documenting all of his mixed up sayings and new words he has invented) and his different ways of looking at things. He works hard at a dangerous, aggravating job (that he loves) to provide for us. He has dried my tears on so many occasions that I've lost count. He's very good at working with his hands--building things like our deck (and in other ways that I'll keep to myself). :-) He's has been swooned by our daughter (he was trying to say he was "smitten" and it came out "swooned") and I love him even more now that I see how much he loves her. I am so very thankful that God gave him to me, and I couldn't imagine making this journey with anyone else.
-Keli
1200 hours (12 noon)
Keli just called me. Dr called her, said Aubrey is going back onto the ventilator since she has had so many bad episodes this morning and last night. They are going to do another heart echo and more testing. We are enroute to the NICU and will update further.
-Adam
1445 hrs 2:45
The heart echo was fine according to the technician who did the test but that will be confirmed by the actual dr tomorrow. We are still awaiting results of the infection test. Being back on the ventilator is a step backwards, but those are to be expected. Argh.
She looks content right now. The ventilator is doing the breathing for her now so it's easier for her and she looks like she is resting. Her cap is off because the sipap isn't hooked up and we can see most of her face and head. Hair is dark. And her head is bigger than it was albeit cone shaped.
Keli is ok for the most part. It's just tough for us to be on this roller coaster. The nurses are so supportive and understanding.
And now that I've read Keli's posting earlier, well, I am happy to be married to her. She is a treasure that I knew from the day we met on our first date at ihop.
- adam
- daddy extraordinaire
1520 hrs
Respiratory dr said that her settings are low on the machine. Babies need between 60 and 80 breaths per minute and the machine is only supplying 45 per minute with a low pressure. That means she is able to breath otherwise to make up the rest of the breaths that she needs. But having the ventilator on her will help her rest and not have to work so hard to breathe so that if she has an infection she can conserve her strength to fight it off. She might be on the machine for the next week and then they will ween her off. Waiting on the blood gas test results later to make sure that the levels are at the correct levels or can they be turned down more or need to be raised up.
Adam
1630 hrs
Dr Blalock stopped by and said the the blood results and other test were just a little bit off but nothing remarkable. So he is giving her some antibiotics just in case there is an infection. It's best to give them before infection than after its found.
Ventilator has already been turned down to 39 breaths a minute from 45 earlier.
Adam
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