Nanette had a very rough night. She had two high fevers; the higher one was 39.1C (102.4F). She had multiple blood samples drawn, one of which was to start a culture and look for an infection in the blood (i.e., sepsis). She also got a urine analysis to look for a urinary tract infection. She has a continual throbbing pain in her abdomen. So once again, she slept very little. The doctors did take the staples out of her c-section incision and told her that if she fevers again before tomorrow, they will order a CT scan to look for an abscess. Her discharge date is still undetermined. It is hard to imagine her getting discharged as ghostly pale as she is. But she continues to pump breast milk for the babies and is giving her all for them.
Zeke is doing well. His bilirubin stayed low so he is still off the light therapy. His feeding is still at 20mL per day and he is processing most of it. During his "cares" this afternoon I took some pictures. Here is one with his little eyes open.
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| Baby Zeke at 5 day old |
Gabe continues to improve. He also remains off his bili light. He lost a bunch of fluid again last night (180mL). And the change in his appearance from yesterday to today is as dramatic as the previous two days. His biggest improvement today was the removal of his breathing tube. He is on the same kind of CPAP machine that his little brother is. If does well on CPAP he will likely start breastmilk tomorrow. I witnessed the whole extubation process and took some pictures. I also included a picture of how he looked when he was retaining all the fluid, but with the bili light on the photo is not an award winning one and does not do justice in showing how puffy he was.
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| Gabe on Monday (3 days old). The Stay Puff Baby. |
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| Gabe today (5 Days old and hundreds of mL of urine later) |
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