Katelyn sleeping after a feeding
Brandon getting some restKatelyn is doing well. So well in fact that they moved her down to the lower level nursery. She is working on learning how to eat. She is doing really well but she has better days than others. Sometimes she just doesn’t want to suck for very long. She is really cute and the nurses seem to fight over who gets to take care of her.
Brandon has had a set back. For the last couple of days his oxygen needs have been really erratic. One minute they are very low and a couple of minutes later they are really high. Yesterday morning they decided to run a bunch of test to see what is going on. They figured out that he has an infection. It could take a couple of days before they know the details about what kind of infection and how bad it really is but they have started him on the generic antibiotics. They could start to see an improvement in some of the numbers as soon as within 24 hours. We will keep you posted.
Also, his hematocrit was a little low so they gave him some blood last night to help him along.
Needless to say, this will set him back on his schedule for getting extubated. Infections in a little guy like Brandon can be dangerous so they will need to concentrate on getting him better before they can even consider making other changes. As we have mentioned, the doctors have warned us there will be set backs but it still is hard as a parent not to think that we are past the set backs and then when you hear something like this it can be pretty depressing.
2 comments:
That's pretty exciting to move Katelyn to Nursery B. Annie Miller was our favorite occupational therapist there. She worked with us a while, even in our home after the twins came home but we first started working with her in the NICU when the babies were learning to nurse. I'm pretty sure she's still there at UVRMC.
As a side note, this nursing pillow is great, not only for twins but also for premies because the foam is so sturdy and it supports the baby very well. The back pillow was great too. Don't be scared away by the busy prints - they make them in a solid blue that's a lot less...conspicuous. http://www.doubleblessings.com/Detail.bok?no=280
Sorry to hear about Brandon's setback. It's hard not to get discouraged even when you know there will be ups and downs. Your family is in our prayers.
Whitney Heap
Whitney,
Thanks for you comments and support, they really mean a lot to us. I would love to talk more offline.
Amy
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