Well, mom thought it was time that I introduced myself to the world. My name is Saela and I am one week old today. I had a lot of good things happen today. The biggest one was probably getting the tube out of my throat that was helping me breathe - my nurse and respiratory therapist helped me out with that around 10 am this morning. It sure felt good to get that out. My voice is still pretty hoarse but that should improve over the next few days. Mom thinks I sound like an old 2 pack a day smoker. I'll show her how loud I can be soon - you just wait and see. I am on a little support with my breathing with something called CPAP. (Adults use this when they have sleep apnea.) They have a lot of tape on my nose with two little prongs that are held in there. Unless I'm crying - I am doing really well keeping my oxygen saturations up on room air.
I also had three other tubes removed today. One was in my bladder (now people will have to change my diapers more often), another one was in my left arm, and the last one was in my umbilical cord. The nurse did have to put a regular IV into my right arm so I can still receive my antibiotics. I also have a tube in my mouth that goes into my stomach and I just got my first tube feed with my mom's milk. Hopefully I will tolerate that well and then they can feed me every three hours.
I did have a spinal tap today to look for infection in my spinal fluid. Everyone is hopeful that there is no infection. I will have a head CAT scan tomorrow just to make sure that everything looks okay. There is still some lab work pending that will hopefully help us to decide how long I have to be on antibiotics. I am a little jaundiced - so they have me under this bluish light to help with that. Hopefully since I am a big baby (compared to the other babies here) I won't be under the bili lights too long.
Well, my night nurse is getting ready to change my isolette and it looks like my mom is going to get to hold me while they are making the switch - I'm looking forward to that - I bet she is too.
Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers - I know they are making me feel better.
Love,
Saela
I also had three other tubes removed today. One was in my bladder (now people will have to change my diapers more often), another one was in my left arm, and the last one was in my umbilical cord. The nurse did have to put a regular IV into my right arm so I can still receive my antibiotics. I also have a tube in my mouth that goes into my stomach and I just got my first tube feed with my mom's milk. Hopefully I will tolerate that well and then they can feed me every three hours.
I did have a spinal tap today to look for infection in my spinal fluid. Everyone is hopeful that there is no infection. I will have a head CAT scan tomorrow just to make sure that everything looks okay. There is still some lab work pending that will hopefully help us to decide how long I have to be on antibiotics. I am a little jaundiced - so they have me under this bluish light to help with that. Hopefully since I am a big baby (compared to the other babies here) I won't be under the bili lights too long.
Well, my night nurse is getting ready to change my isolette and it looks like my mom is going to get to hold me while they are making the switch - I'm looking forward to that - I bet she is too.
Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers - I know they are making me feel better.
Love,
Saela
2 comments:
Saela,
It is so wonderful to hear your little voice. We are all praying for you to be able to go home with mommy and daddy soon and keep them up all night with your screams. I know that being in your mommy's arms had to be a wonderful feeling for the both of you.
Much love,
the Swensons
Saela,
It's very nice to meet you! We already have at least one thing in common -- I also have a CPAP! Maybe I should try to tape it down to my nose, too? It keeps falling off my face, and my nose is a bit bigger than yours! The other thing which I hope that we'll have in common some day is a deep appreciation of Penn State football. While your dad may persuade you to root for another Big Ten school, I think you should talk to me first.
Keep up the good work and tell your mom and dad that I said hello. I'm sure that your doggies are looking forward to meeting you as much as I am!
Rob
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