Jackson NICU Day 10 (03.03.12)
Today was a good day just spending time with Jackson. Chris and I got to
Children's Hospital around 10 am. As soon as we got there Jackson was
ready for a bottle so I feed and changed him. Right now just doing those
simple things for him makes me so happy.
Around noon the Nurse Practitioner (NP) came to talk to us.
Unfortunately, we she completely rubbed us the wrong way because the
first thing out of her mouth was "don't expect to go home any time
soon." It was really not what we wanted to hear today. Not much as
really changed in his plan for care since yesterday. They are monitoring
him on the new heart medicine, Propranolol. He is doing really good on
that and has not had any more episodes of SVT. One of the side effects
of Propranolol is low blood sugar and that's exactly what it did to
Jackson. The treatment for that is more calories. So we are now on
Similac Sensitive with added calories. This seemed to help since his
sugars were in the 70's all day. Jackson's platelets have been holding
steady today at 75,000. The NP wants a Hemotologist and Geneticist to
see Jackson on Monday.
Chris and I are hoping that all of his numbers stay steady through the
weekend and we can get our boy home sooner rather than later. It's still
really hard leaving him and I cry every time. We miss him so much in
the evenings.
2 comments:
I'm way behind in my blog reading, so first: congratulations on the birth of your son! Jackson is ADORABLE, and I am in love with that name. :) I'm so sorry that you are dealing with some health issues and that he is still in the hospital. I'll be praying and sending positive thoughts that he heals quickly and gets to come home very soon.
As for that nurse? Well, I'll keep this comment a positive one. :)
xo
LOVE the pictures on this post! <3
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