Today.
She was trying to come home today.
Obviously that didn’t happen. She’s been having minor brady’s and desat’s all week so, just like with Rhys, nothing was written in stone. But it was still sad to receive the phone call from the doctor yesterday saying it was officially a no.
She’d had a brady during the morning feed and took too long to recover. Her lips had turned blue and she needed a blow-by of oxygen to help her get going again. If that had happened at home it would have been a 911 call. All I can say is thank heaven she is where she is right now. Hopefully by next week she’ll be ready.
I spoke with one of the doctors last night about the brady’s and desat’s she’s been having. They are all feeding related so the doc’s weren’t too worried about them. The doctor said that if you were to monitor a perfectly healthy baby the way they monitor these preemies you would notice minor brady’s and desat’s that are feed related. It was the change of color and the fact that she needed oxygen to help her recover, which is something we won’t have at the house, that made them need to keep her for another 5-7 days.
I feel immense gratitude right now for all the nurses and doctors and prayers and juju that are helping my little family right now.
xoxo
