Today we will start off with Miss Emma. She had a really good night Saturday night & a good day Sunday. She was tolerating her feedings well (still at 4 ml every 3 hours) and was having minimal alarms and was not needing much if any stimulation. Her neonatologist was very encouraged and said that if she remained relatively symptom free she would not need surgery for her PDA unless her symptoms came back. Sunday the nurse practitioner also noticed Emma had greenish drainage coming from her eyes, so they started her on antibiotic drops. They are not sure if it is an infection or plugged tear ducts, so they started the drops to be safe. Last night Miss Emma had a bit more of a rough night. She had an increase in her brady alarms, she needed mild stim for a couple, and she had more residuals with her feeds. Emma's murmur is still there and she has a cardiac echo this morning to see if the PDA has changed at all. We have a care conference later this afternoon with her neonatologist so we should find out what the echo showed and what the plan is. It scares me to think of her having surgery for her PDA, but if it means that she will do better with her feeds and have less alarms, I know that God will take care of Emma during and after the surgery. Please pray that the doctors do what is best for Emma. Please pray that God give Dave & I peace about whatever decision they make.
Miss Adalyn is doing well. She has been having a few more alarms now that her feedings are up, but they reassure me that it is nothing abnormal. Adalyn is on 10 ml of breast milk every 3 hours and they are also adding human milk fortifier (HMF) to bring the calorie content of the breast milk up to 22 calories per ounce. This will help Miss Adalyn gain weight. For the most part Adalyn has been tolerating her feedings well, she did spit up a couple of times during the night, but nothing excessive. Both girls are still on a CPAP of 5 on room air. Please pray that Adalyn continues to do well.
Emma's weight Sunday night: 2lbs 2oz (970 grams)
Adalyn's weight Sunday night: 2lbs 3oz (990 grams)
Please continue to pray that God protect both girls from infection. Also continue to pray that God help Adalyn and Emma grow and develop appropriately.
Triponds Week 1- July 9-16
8 years ago
The words from a song came to my mind before I read your last post. "Many things about tomorrow, I don't seem to understand, but I know who holds my future and I know who holds my hand." God holds the hand of each of you, Emma and Adalyn too, our prayers continue for all your needs to be met through God's loving hand..........Janice Hettinger
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing to me the strength that you have and how you both are handling not seeing the girls. We are praying for the whole family and for your continued health so that Wednesday will come faster than you could imagine.
ReplyDeletelove and prayers
weston and karley
We'll be praying for little Emma. That our Healer God will do His thing. If she does require surgery, we will be praying for all the aspects of that too. As always, keeping all of you in our prayers. Love...the Dreyer's
ReplyDeleteWe will continue to pray for both girls and Miss Emma will have extra prayers! They are in God's hands and He will protect them!!
ReplyDeleteLove you!
Judy