I finally remembered to bring the camera home. I called in to the NICU and talked to the nurse several times last night and Alistair was staying relatively stable so finally at midnight I was able to crash and crash i did! 8 hours later this jersey cow woke up! I had drenched the bed with my good ol' milk supply! LOL I never would have thought. Anyhow I definitely woke rested and got on the phone again to the NICU after the team did their rounds. Alistair was stable and they were able to reduce some perameters in several areas which was a positive. In addition, his heart was starting to shift back to the left as they were hoping yesterday. They believe that there had been some air in his left upper chest and once it got reabsorbedd his heart was able to start shifting back. They feel that this could have caused increased stress causing the changes yesterday. His left lung looks great for size. It appears he has at least 1/2 his left lung so they feel it must have had a significant chance to develop prior to the intestine and stomach sneaking up and taking its place. So we are now hoping that his lungs perfuse well on their own and there is no future problems with hypertension there so that we don't have to go on more meds which could affect other systems. A friend that works at NICU said that one should try to proceed cautiously optimistic and keep in mind that when things are altered or changed one really doesn't know how these little ones will react. So she said don't be alarmed if Alistair gets taken off meds or vents etc and then gets put back on as the team really doesn't know until things are removed if these little guys can tolerate it yet. So good advice for us! Anyhow just made another call to NICU and Alistair is unchanged since earlier today which is a good thing. Anyhow the following pictures are ones that have been taken from my first time of seeing our little guy after getting out of the OR to today where he is much less swollen. Enjoy! Julie
K I'm having an issue with posting pictures from fickr as a slide show but so for now just copy and paste the link below in the address bar and you should beable to see some more pictures! Hope this works. If this isn't working for you let me know!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40497184@N08/sets/72157621296874583/
He's gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteLee has been concerned. I told him there was a nurse watching Alistair 24/7. He said, "tell them to make sure she's a good nurse".
Eloise and Jeff, Cassidy, Lee
Oh I just love him already,..I just want to pinch those cheeks. Nice pics Julie.
ReplyDeleteHi Julie... omigosh he's adorable!! I just finally read all of your blogs since I lasted chatted with you, what an experience you just went through! You even had me crying. You seem to be doing so well, I'm glad you got a good sleep! Stay strong, thinking of you lots!
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Talk about crocodile tears, mine having stopped since the beginning of this little miracle!
ReplyDeleteLove to you all from Candace's mom :-)
know our thoughts are with you. glad your mom is available to take the vancouver trip with you and alistair. this is the first time i have gone to your blog, so excuse me that i am not completely up to speed... when did the seizures start? cole had seizures shortly after birth which meant we stayed in the hospital for longer than is usual so that they could get him stabilized. luckily it was very short lived and he only had to be on meds for his first couple weeks. his were related to oxygen deprivation from the birth. i feel for you. wendy
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