Loki showed us a new trick today: he can breath really, really fast. This, of course, scared me (Mom) as I was sitting at the side of his bed and saw his breathing pattern change. Because he had two unknown nurses (both of whom I was not incredibly fond), it took 3.5 hours before the PM nurse finally paid attention to it. X-rays were taken, but nothing showed up. And his blood gas was taken, yet nothing showed up here as well. The doctor explained it could be a few different things, including signs of an infection. As he is still behaving really well - he is active, has a good heart rate, and shows great oxygen saturation - we are going to assume the latter is not the case. What it can be, there's no idea at this point in time. Just in case, they may give Loki a diuretic (medication to help get rid of excess fluids in his body). Also, the doctor mentioned his heart looked a little large on the x-ray. When I asked what this could be his answer was "a gazillion things." However, he said, I should not worry about it. Um? I guess the doctor has not just become the mommy of a premature baby.
Overall, the day was a little rough, mainly because it has been several days in a row where we have had many new nurses, none of whom have worked with Loki before. Until today this worked out well. Somehow today's nurses were mismatches and caused a tense day for me in the NICU. I had a really hard time leaving, as I felt the PM nurse was not at all paying attention at important moments. However, at 9:45pm I realized it was time for some dinner, pumping and sleep. Fortunately one of his primary nurses will be there overnight!
Finally, we are very impressed with all the people reading our blog and sending us mail. It means very very much to us, including Loki, that we have such a wide support network. We are now receiving messages from family, friends, friends of family, family of friends, friends of friends, family of family, etc.
Thank you so much Senna and Symen. We are sure Loki will love the drawings, we certainly do. We will show it to him as soon as he comes home from the hospital!
Nurse Janet, wat goed dat jij Nederlands schrijft. Nu nog praten met Loki!
Untitled (written 8/30/2008)
5 months ago
3 comments:
Lieve mom and dad,
O I can feel with you about the new nurses! Fortunatly one of the primary nurses was with Loki this night. hope you both feel not to much restless...
Everything is going so well, have trust. Kus
Lieve Lijn en Jesse,
Dank voor de gedetaileerde en persoonlijke blog. Het heeft even geduurd voordat ik 'with the program' was, ben niet echt gewend aan blogs. Ik heb net zitten huilen bij Jesse's verhaal over de geboorte. Wat een belevenis maken jullie mee, en wat fijn dat Loki nu Lijns melk krijgt en dat je'm vast mag houden. Dat voelt natuurlijk helemaal fantastisch. Ik ga nog even wat foto's kijken. Heel veel liefs en jullie doen het fantastisch!! Ik blijf lezen. Kus F
Hi Sprenger family,
Just wanted to say i have been thinking of you the last few days and I miss Loki a ton. i have been out with a cold but will be back on Thursday!!! Sorry to hear you had a rough day monday hopefully today was better! See you soon!
Amber
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