*Remember her screaming and screaming last night? Because of the amount of blood and pressure pushing against her arterial line (IV that goes into her groin) while crying, it was ruined and had to be pulled during the night. Not good but not terrible because she would have lost it today anyway. The reason for it failing, though, is so sad. Prayerfully, they will not have to stick her again for any blood draws.
*She is now up to 20mLs per hour of formula and still no signs of reflux!!!!
*No poop since Monday. I am certain you all wanted to know that. Granted, she only begain receiving real food yesterday but we would still like to know that her plumbing is working efficiently.
*Just talked to nurse Sarah (our favorite!!), and she does have her for the 3rd day in a row! So glad because we are comfortable with each other and she knows our girl. Celia is sleeping peacefully now but we do need to figure out the cause of her fussiness. When Sarah got there around 6:30, her night nurse (also Sarah) was holding her because she was again pretty fussy. Talked to her a bit about pain and she "shouldn't" be in pain because she is still receiving morphine. Any insight from momma's who have been through this before? I suppose morphine could just not be very effective for her? Grasping here.
At this point in Charlie's stay we were preparing to go home. Can you believe it? His surgery was on Friday and we were home by dinner on Sunday- crazy!
More later. PRAYERS FOR COMFORT!!
In Him,
E
3 comments:
I would be shaking in my shoes to take the little one home after such a huge surgery. I am so sorry for the fussiness and hope you can get to the root of it. (Grace had a procedure on Tuesday and came out like a wet cat, screaming and fighting hysterically for an hour. Was awful.) Maybe similar reasons? We think she just didnt like the feeling of not being able to control her body and be active. (when coming out of anesthesia) Kind of like all of nothing. They just have a hard time understanding what is for their best interests.
Just a thought...I had a c-section and they gave me morphine. I started itching all over. Wonder if she is having a reaction to the morphine? The nurses gave me a shot for the itching and all was good. It was like the all over itching..scalp, everything, like crawling feeling. We have you in our prayers lots of moments every day. Thank you for the continued updates.
Tina in TX
I would really advocate for trying a different pain med. Having worked as a Pediatric RN, I have seen little ones have their pain "under treated". I always encouraged parents to be their babies voice. They can't tell you what/where the pain is, but your Mommy instinct and the fact that you KNOW your child can speak volumes. Praying for that Precious Baby Girl! ~ Jo
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