The Day After
Well today has been interesting and eventful. I went back to work today and stopped by to visit Mom and Isaiah at lunch since I had a site visit nearby that I was able to schedule right after lunch. Hannah and Rachel's Mom spent pretty much the whole day here with her which was good because while he did well through the surgery, he's got a good ways to go for recovery.
He needed another blood transfusion this morning since his hemaglobin levels were low, but that's pretty common due to the bleeding involved in head surgery. He's been pretty fussy and up most of the day, but he hasn't needed morphine since yesterday at 4pm, just his normal dose of tylenol every four hours.
We did have a bit of a scare this evening though. About 8pm when they came to do his vitals they realized he had a fever of 101.2 and in all the fuss of getting him out of my lap and back into the crib his IV's came out of his arm. His antibiodics were being administered through his IV as well as supplemental fluids. They tried for an hour and a half to re stick him to no avail. He's been notoriously difficult to get blood out of and find veins (especially now since I think they've pretty much stuck him all over each of his arms and legs). His fever peaked at 101.9 at about 10:30 and we tried cold compresses among other things. He had a big BM shortly after the temp and all of that probably helped him get down to about 100.9 at 11:30. He's calmed down quite a bit, still doesn't have his IV's in but Dr Hudgins is thinking its going to be okay so long as he keeps taking his formula orally. Rachel's actually got him sleeping in her lap in the rocking chair in the room right now.
We're fairly certain we won't get a whole heck of a lot of rest tonight, but I'm glad we're here. i couldn't see leaving him here by himself. Before all of the fever and IV issues tonight Dr. Hudgins had said we could potentially take him home tomorrow, but I don't know if that'll will still be happening or if we feel comfortable enough taking him home by ourselves yet.
Thank you to everyone for all your prayers and thoughts these last few days. Its been tough, but we really do appreciate each and everyone's help.
He needed another blood transfusion this morning since his hemaglobin levels were low, but that's pretty common due to the bleeding involved in head surgery. He's been pretty fussy and up most of the day, but he hasn't needed morphine since yesterday at 4pm, just his normal dose of tylenol every four hours.
We did have a bit of a scare this evening though. About 8pm when they came to do his vitals they realized he had a fever of 101.2 and in all the fuss of getting him out of my lap and back into the crib his IV's came out of his arm. His antibiodics were being administered through his IV as well as supplemental fluids. They tried for an hour and a half to re stick him to no avail. He's been notoriously difficult to get blood out of and find veins (especially now since I think they've pretty much stuck him all over each of his arms and legs). His fever peaked at 101.9 at about 10:30 and we tried cold compresses among other things. He had a big BM shortly after the temp and all of that probably helped him get down to about 100.9 at 11:30. He's calmed down quite a bit, still doesn't have his IV's in but Dr Hudgins is thinking its going to be okay so long as he keeps taking his formula orally. Rachel's actually got him sleeping in her lap in the rocking chair in the room right now.
We're fairly certain we won't get a whole heck of a lot of rest tonight, but I'm glad we're here. i couldn't see leaving him here by himself. Before all of the fever and IV issues tonight Dr. Hudgins had said we could potentially take him home tomorrow, but I don't know if that'll will still be happening or if we feel comfortable enough taking him home by ourselves yet.
Thank you to everyone for all your prayers and thoughts these last few days. Its been tough, but we really do appreciate each and everyone's help.
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Marpessa