Well, kids, time for another update that should have happened over a week ago. Namine came home last week Monday, and she's been doing great since.
We're still having the occasional low pressure alarms with the vent, but all things considered, I think we're retaining our sanity quite nicely. Of course Namine is a joy to have, and she's thrilled to be home.
Physical therapy (which comes to our apartment to see Namine) is very pleased with her progress, and has encouraged us to massage her face, in order to strengthen her face muscles. Namine, of course, does not mind being massaged - she seems to enjoy it very much. Namine is getting stronger every day; I've uploaded a new batch of pictures, and some of these feature Namine sitting up all by herself. Stil a little wobbly, true, but on her own none the less.
So hop on over to the picture gallery, and ooh and ah over our beautiful baby girl. And leave a comment here for us. We'd love to hear from you.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Friday, March 6, 2009
CHW
Hello All,
Namine was home for a record of 16 days this time. Paul and I brought her in Wednesday night with a fever, loose stools and mega suctioning. They did a bunch of tests and pumped her full of fluids and she still had a slight fever.
Yesterday the doctors put her on isolation and are keeping her there until they can figure out what is going on.
Today when I came in I took her temp and it was 39.9C so for the rest of you that is 103.4F. Not good. They gave her some tylenol to see if that will help but she is just so uncomfortable that she won't even look at me. I kissed her on the cheek and she rolled her eyes at me and turned her head the other way.
I feel so bad that she is sick. Paul and I have a theory that the reason she keeps getting sick when we bring her home is because of the re-use of suction cathetors. I am going to talk to Dr. Gordon and see if he can make it so that we can get at least double what we are allowed so that this doesn't happen again.
I wanted you all to know about Namine and what is going on. We love and miss you all. Keep praying that everything goes well.
Love,
Jessica, Paul and Namine Eiche
Namine was home for a record of 16 days this time. Paul and I brought her in Wednesday night with a fever, loose stools and mega suctioning. They did a bunch of tests and pumped her full of fluids and she still had a slight fever.
Yesterday the doctors put her on isolation and are keeping her there until they can figure out what is going on.
Today when I came in I took her temp and it was 39.9C so for the rest of you that is 103.4F. Not good. They gave her some tylenol to see if that will help but she is just so uncomfortable that she won't even look at me. I kissed her on the cheek and she rolled her eyes at me and turned her head the other way.
I feel so bad that she is sick. Paul and I have a theory that the reason she keeps getting sick when we bring her home is because of the re-use of suction cathetors. I am going to talk to Dr. Gordon and see if he can make it so that we can get at least double what we are allowed so that this doesn't happen again.
I wanted you all to know about Namine and what is going on. We love and miss you all. Keep praying that everything goes well.
Love,
Jessica, Paul and Namine Eiche
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