Thursday, November 13, 2008

Quick note regarding Wednesday

I apologize for the lack of post yesterday. Loki is now 28 weeks total gestation plus life. He is holding steady. His weight has not really increased for a few days. A blood culture from a couple days back came back positive, so we have to assume there is still some infection. Loki will be checked to see if the infection has impacted his brain or spine. The former is just another ultrasound, but the latter requires tapping into spinal fluid! That can be quite painful, but the staff promises lots of anaesthetics. He has been having few brady arrhythmias and blood oxygen desaturations, but he has been preferring to be left alone in the quiet to sleep it off.

Nurse Janet took some great photos of him, and we hope to get the originals uploaded soon.

1 comments:

marieke said...

Lieve lieve Loki,
SLeep a lot so you can recover well. Beat those infections you strong little babylokisky!!
kusje Marieke

Mom and dad, hold on in this bump, Big hug, X

About Loki Sky

Loki Sky is a special little man. He was a very early micropreemie, weighing only 610 grams (1 lb, 5 oz) after 24 weeks, 3 days gestation, born to an American Father and a Dutch Mother in Berkeley, California on October 18, 2008.

On January 11, 2009, while still in the hospital NICU, his one kidney stopped working. It was repaired after three surgeries. After spending time in three hospitals in three cities, Loki came home on February 17. He struggled with eating, and then stopped in July, leading to 8 days in the hospital, a failure-to-thrive diagnosis, and a NG feeding tube. On October 10, a minor surgery installed a G feeding tube. Another procedure replaced it with a new one, and then again with a Mic-Key button in Jan. 2010.

In August 2010, he and his parents moved to the Netherlands.

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