During the night they checked Olivia's blood and found that her bilireuben levels were high so about three hours after birth they put her under the lights to see if that would help. The levels continued to rise throughout the day so she continues to be under the lights and is being monitored closely. Even though the levels are high, she is no where near dangerous levels and they hope they will decline soon.
Due to the omphalocele, they want to keep her stomach empty so they had to insert a tube in her throat and a line in her vein to give her nutrients and antiobiotics she'll need to make sure she doesn't get any type of infection. They also did an echocardiogram and and ultrasound to check her kidneys. Both came back a few hours later showing no abnormalities, which was a huge relief.
Her little body is very swollen, especially her head from going through a somewhat traumatic delivery. She has pin-pricks all over her from having so much blood taken for her tests. Her poor little fingers are covered in band-aids and bruises. Her blood sugar started out really low so they put her on some sugar water and also gave her a medication which helped it start to stabalize it. She was on the "add on" list for surgery but didn't end up getting it.
Later in the night they Nurse Practictioner came in to discuss putting a PICC Line in her and to get our consent. It's kind of scary but as she was dicussing it with us, a team was trying to get another IV in her and wasn't able to so we felt this was they only way for her to get the proper care. The team came by around 11 PM but weren't comfortable with any of the veins they found so decided to let another team try in the morning.
The nurses said she doesn't like to be touched or have her diaper changed but I was able to change it and she was just fine. I think she just wants her mom and dad around her. They keep giving her some medicine to calm her and it also is supposed to make her forget everything that's happening so she won't know what pain she's going through. I hope it really helps.
It's so hard to not be able to hold her and comfort her. We wish there was more we could do but are thankful she is in such great hands. The staff in the NICU is great and they are very welcoming and provide as much comfort as possible. It makes the situation a little bit easier to cope with.
Due to the omphalocele, they want to keep her stomach empty so they had to insert a tube in her throat and a line in her vein to give her nutrients and antiobiotics she'll need to make sure she doesn't get any type of infection. They also did an echocardiogram and and ultrasound to check her kidneys. Both came back a few hours later showing no abnormalities, which was a huge relief.
Her little body is very swollen, especially her head from going through a somewhat traumatic delivery. She has pin-pricks all over her from having so much blood taken for her tests. Her poor little fingers are covered in band-aids and bruises. Her blood sugar started out really low so they put her on some sugar water and also gave her a medication which helped it start to stabalize it. She was on the "add on" list for surgery but didn't end up getting it.
Later in the night they Nurse Practictioner came in to discuss putting a PICC Line in her and to get our consent. It's kind of scary but as she was dicussing it with us, a team was trying to get another IV in her and wasn't able to so we felt this was they only way for her to get the proper care. The team came by around 11 PM but weren't comfortable with any of the veins they found so decided to let another team try in the morning.
The nurses said she doesn't like to be touched or have her diaper changed but I was able to change it and she was just fine. I think she just wants her mom and dad around her. They keep giving her some medicine to calm her and it also is supposed to make her forget everything that's happening so she won't know what pain she's going through. I hope it really helps.
It's so hard to not be able to hold her and comfort her. We wish there was more we could do but are thankful she is in such great hands. The staff in the NICU is great and they are very welcoming and provide as much comfort as possible. It makes the situation a little bit easier to cope with.
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I love the picture of her holding her binki. She is just beautiful!
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