I want to thank everyone who is visiting my site. The more information that is available for people experiencing pPROM, the better…so if you have a pPROM story to share or haven’t participated in the survey yet, be sure to stop by there and do that.
Clark is one week old today. He’s off the nitric oxide, and the blood pressure medicines. He’s getting his PICC line sometime today and another iv line to do blood draws from. This all has me stressed out just because of the risk of infection. He’s been breathing room level oxygen for a few days now and his ventilator settings have been dialed back. It’s hard to see him working to take breaths on his own, it looks so uncomfortable..but I’m overjoyed that he has lungs and is able to do that.
A hard part about the NICU is getting to know and trust one nurse, then a couple days later she has her days off and might not be back again…and having to get to know another nurse. It’s hard on stressed out parents.
Clark has lots of things done from day to day. He’s flipped every 8 hours since he has limited mobility because of his ventilator. Diaper changes and temperatures are a big deal to him, any stimulation isn’t good on such a tiny baby. So far though, he’s been tolerating it pretty well. He has numerous tests run daily. And, he still hasn’t passed his meconium. He might get to try a milk feeding soon…and hopefully that will stimulate his system and get things moving.
Overall, he’s doing well. This week just has a lot of new things for him to get through.
I’m healing well from my c-section, except that I think I have a bladder infection. The reason this really worries me is that I’ve been having the pain for quite some time now but I didn’t realize it was something other than my incision because I was on the pain medicine. I’ll probably have to go back to the hospital tonight because I think I just started running a fever.
It’s been a long week, keep us in your prayers.
Posted by Jessica Shumake on February 1, 2010 at 4:12 am
Praying, and hoping you are both making progress!