Last week was a rough one for Miss Brooklyn. On Thursday, Dr. Leigh had to put her central line in her neck and run it to her chest. They did give her Morphine for this procedure. The nurse said she did wonderful during the procedure. However, once the morphine wore off, she was still lethargic. The nurse said she wasn't acting like her normal self. Her intestines were inflamed and you could see the roles of her intestines in her belly. Her skin is so thin that you can see any variances. They immediately started her on antibiotics for possible infection. Then they put another IV in her leg. Not to mention the arterial line in her other arm and one more IV in her opposite hand for good measure. The arterial line checks her blood pressure. Her BP after the procedure was near to nothing. Not to mention that she just decided not to breathe anymore. She was literally tired of working. So that prompted her to be put on a ventilator that would breathe for her. And to top it all off...she had to have a blood transfusion. This was happening around 7:30 and Richard and I walked in about 7:45. So they were still working on this little baby. Of course, I had to walk away when they did the last IV in her leg.
All of this was told to us just as we walked through the door. My emotions were tame but I lost it a few times in the corner away from the babies. We have one rule...do not cry over the babies. They can feel that sad energy and we want them to feel and hear the happiness. But when you are hit with the fact that your baby is just tired of breathing, you should be entitled to a few tears.
On that Wednesday and Thursday, I was hurting so bad from over doing it and not taking the proper care of myself. For some reason, all that pain was obsolete when I was in the nursery on Thursday night. Not to mention SLEEP was out of the question. So my worried self was calling Norman, the girl's nurse for the night, at 2:45 AM to check on my babies, especially Brooklyn. I had to refrain from calling every hour.
He said that the blood transfusion was probably the key. Once it was done, her blood pressure was back to normal and she was a little more responsive. I believe I got about an hour rest after that news.
I decided work wasn't an option on Friday. My belly was swollen and bruised and my worries for Brooklyn wasn't going to help the situation. So I sat at home and waited for Richard to get home and take me to see those babies. Friday was a rebuilding day for her and she was bouncing back in full force. She did so well on her return of color and vitals, on Saturday she was taken off the ventilator. And they started feeding her on Saturday night. The Lord answered all my prayers on Thursday night. And I may have said thank you for the four steriod shots I had to endure in the hospital.
She is having a slightly hard time with the feeding but they are pushing her to work her belly. Her belly is still "soft" and so they are continuing to feed her even though she is not digesting as well as she should. She really needs a huge POOP! She has lost so much weight and I need her to be porky like Quinn.
Speaking of Miss Piggy, Quinn, I changed with biggest poopy diaper. Oh my goodness, the girl had to be miserable laying in that mess of a diaper. It took so many wipes to get that mess clean. It was all the way up her back. I was just telling Richard that he has changed more of their poopy diapers than I have and then Quinn put my foot in my mouth. But...poop is a wonderful thing in the NICU. That means her digestive system is working very well. She is now up to 12cc of milk every 3 hours. While Miss Brooklyn is just at 1cc every 3 hours. We will get her feeding like Quinn before long.
Now that I have explained the last few days of having babies in the NICU, welcome to the NICU Roller Coaster. I hope you will continue to ride with me for the next two months. I am sure the ups and downs will be more than I can handle on my own. That was the second big down hill drop for Quinn and/or Brooklyn. I made them promise not to do it at the same time. So far they have kept their promises.
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