Hey Everyone,
Maddie has had 12 great days. Today, however was a little rough. When the nurse checked her out this morning her belly was distended (swollen), just a little. But that is a preemie red flag. She listened to her and she sounded fine. They proactively stopped her feeds and are putting her back on TPN (a cocktail of sorts, nutrition in an IV). Her color was a little pale, but that cleared up within an hour or so. They did some tests and things checked out ok, a little suspicious, but still nothing to be alarmed about. As the day went on though, she had a significant increase in "bradys". This is a thing that preemies do, they just forget to breathe and they desat (heart rate and 02 goes down). She had been having only 2 bradys in a 24 hour period, which isn't bad at all. But by this afternoon she had had 6 in only a 4 hour period of time. This alarmed the nurse, who spoke with the NP. They decided to up her from just the standard nasal cannula that she was on to a more "high flow" nasal cannula. They also want to start her on some antibiotics to make sure there is no infection and to get a head start on it, just in case.
This is just a minor bump in the road. We were warned about the "NICU Rollercoaster" and are just now seeing what it's all about.
Please continue to keep us in your prayers. We are very thankful to all of you for your support, prayers and thoughts.
Oh, the picture you are seeing is the result of the nurses falling in love with her. They have dressed her up in a little green dress/shirt and put a pink bow in her hair. It is from yesterday, 4-20-08.
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