Today was delightful because, as I lifted his tiny booty in the air to switch old and new diaper, Loki pooped all over my hand and his new diaper. A thin, dark substance was projected onto my hands, blanket, and some of Loki's own body parts. As the nurse was busy helping another baby, Loki and I hung out for a while, covered in poop, his little skinny legs high up in the air. He did amazingly well throughout this event, with no desats. In fact, he had some high levels of oxygen saturation, which makes me wonder if secretly he was proud of what he had done. In any case, this mom needed help getting the little guy all cleaned up. Nice practice for home!
Loki got yet another gift from his secret Santa. As we walked in yesterday we found his first race car on the "display" shelve above his isolet, next to his beautiful pictures. Thank you once again Santa Janet (we assume?).
After a good and quiet morning, Loki had a renal (i.e. kidney) ultrasound in early afternoon, to ensure his infection is not settling somewhere around his kidney or bladder. He was very unhappy with the situation and actively moved his body, in an attempt to avoid the ultrasound probe. Afterwards, he was unhappy for quite a while, showing a significant number of desats. Most of them were self corrected and did not need any help from the ventilator. In general Loki's oxygen support has been between 26-38 percent, which is lower than it has been, so we are happy about that.
His platelet count came back higher than yesterday, which also is a good sign as the yeast is not eating its way through his system quite as much. In fact, they yeast blood cultures have not come back positive in a while. Fingers crossed.
A few more tests will follow in order to determine whether the infection is harbouring somewhere deeper inside his body. If this would be the case the most likely treatment will be whatever he has now, but then longer! So, let's hope that the nasty bugs are more or less gone, so he can grow and grow, breath and breath and be held over and over and over again.
Untitled (written 8/30/2008)
5 months ago
2 comments:
Groter, kleine jongen.
And, yes, the little car was from me;its to speed you on your way to home!
Vroom, Vroom, Vroom.
Big Hugs!
Nurse Janet
Lieve Loki,
You are so cute!! I'm looking very much towards seeing you in a few weeks. I can hug mom, so she recovers soon and I can say thanx to all those fantastic nurses and doctors. Come on little dude, fight the bastards and be strong as you are your whole little life!
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