Weight- 780 grams or 1lb 11oz WOOHOOO!
Oxygen- up on the the ventilator settings over the past few days, I'll explain
Feeds- On full feeds with even more calories added in!
Alright.
The past few days have been a bit more, hmm, eventful. I sometimes can't gather the words in my head that convey what my heart wants to say. But Prudence is still struggling with her lungs.
Yesterday, her doctor was still concerned by the amount of secretions Prudence is having. These secretions are easy enough to get out when there is a endotracheal tube down, but they can't really pull that tube out and have an easy way of getting the secretions. Most people would just cough this goo up. Prudence's tiny body doesn't have the strength to cough this stuff up.
They did a chest x-ray yesterday to evaluate the status of her lungs. And it looked worse. No beating about the bush. They looked a lot hazier and in general, well worse.
The big question now is why. The antibiotics are due to stop tomorrow but they can continue those if the chest x-ray in the morning doesn't look better. They also started her on lasix to see if the extra secretions are caused by pulmonary edema or a build up of fluids on her lungs. But at the end of the day, we are not sure what is causing this at this point.
Distressing news. And to top it off, her PICC line infiltrated. Sigh.
It doesn't help that we are ICU nurses really. I mean we can listen and keep up with things. I know what the ventilator settings all are and for the most part what they mean. You can run numbers, talk all sorts of stuff that would scare normal people and we can keep up. But lets face it. Juan works surgical ICU where all he sees is vascular surgeries, kidney transplants and ENT messes. And I work Trauma. Gunshots, car accidents, and what not. We have seen some stuff that would make some people have nightmares.
This baby has the ability to terrify us more than anything we have ever seen.
We are so thankful for some of our NICU mommies. They are super patient with us. And we apologize a lot. Because we ask A LOT of questions. A lot more in depth questions. But for the most part, they explain it all.
And Juan and I are thankful for each other. We have only been married for 3 years. We have only known each other for 4 years. I can't imagine walking down this road with any other man. He is a saint. Juan wakes up with me when I have to pump in the middle of the night (every three hours around the clock). He takes care of Lucy when I get worn out. We get to see each other very little. There isn't much time to work on us right now. But when we do, we fill it with laughter, jokes, tears, fears and perhaps a little snuggling.
Mostly we spend our time trying to uplift each other. To speak truth to one another and reassure one another. This whole experience is bringing us closer together and closer to God. Its quite amazing how completely filled with love and faith this marriage has become.
The beautiful view outside Prudence's womb with a view
This is Senor fishy..... Lucy's bath time tonight was filled with laughter and fun....
Kisses and snuggles from micropreemie world.
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