Friday, November 9, 2007

Day 108 - Friday, November 9

Kathryn has had a good several days with her cannula. She seems to really enjoy not having the mask and she is requiring very little extra oxygen. She is also up to 20 ccs of Neocate and 8 ccs of Enfamil.

Let me go backwards a little too - On Sunday night 11/04 late in the night, she had some residual that was brownish in color so the nurse called Dr. Strange. It was determined that she had just started getting the vitamins Poly-Vi-Sol (for the iron) and that they are brownish in color, but just in case, they did some blood cultures on Kathryn to make sure that there was no infection. They went ahead and started her on the Zantac at that point to help her tummy and her fussiness and they discontinued the Poly-Vi-Sol. Fast forward to yesterday 11/8 and they got one of the cultures back and it showed a germ growing which could be bacteria (remember the previous infection?). Anyway, Dr. Strange thinks the culture was contaminated, but to be on the safe side, she drew more cultures yesterday (which we will know about in 3 days). Also, to be on the safe side, she went ahead and started Kathryn on 2 antibiotics in case. We should know something by Sunday sometime as to if the cultures do in fact show an infection or not. The good thing is that she doesn't act sick - she acts like she feels just fine, so hopefully it was a mistake. They have also been having a little trouble with her lately on weight gain. We can't seem to get the right mix to get her over her hump. She had gotten as high as 3 pounds, 3 ounces and then she slid backwards to 2 lbs, 15 ozs. She is now back up to 3 pounds, but has been holding there for about 3 days. To help with that, they have upped the calorie content of her formula to see if that combined with the 1 cc of microlipids (fat) she is getting will help to plump her up!! They have also added in an iron supplement for her since they don't want to go back to the Poly-Vi-Sol.

I had my follow up ultrasound yesterday for the ovarian cyst they saw on one of my ultrsounds from the bacteria infection I was experiencing. The follow up ultrasound looked pretty good from what the technician told me. I should get results from Dr. Kennedy's office soon, but they said it looked like a normal "female" cyst and there shouldn't be any concerns!!

I was on my way to work this morning and I heard the new Point of Grace song, "It's How You Live." I had heard it several times before, but this time I listened to the words and of course, like any postpartum mom with all that we have going on, I cried. I wanted to share it - please try to actually listen to it online or somewhere - the words are wonderful, but the song is amazing. So, here are the words:

Wake up to the sunlight
With your windows open
Don't hold in your anger or leave things unspoken
Wear your red dress
Use your good dishes
Make a big mess and make lots of wishes
Have what you want
But want what you have
And don't spend your life lookin' back

Turn up the music
Turn it up loud
Take a few chances
Let it all out
You won't regret it
Lookin' back from where you have been
Cuz it's not who you knew
And it's not what you did
It's how you live

So go to the ballgames
And go to the ballet
And go see your folks more than just on the holidays
Kiss all your children
Dance with your wife
Tell your husband you love him every night
Don't run from the truth '
Cause you can't get away
Just face it and you'll be okay

Turn up the music
Turn it up loud
Take a few chances
Let it all out
You won't regret it
Lookin' back from where you have been
'Cause it's not who you knew
And it's not what you did
It's how you live

Oh wherever you are and wherever you've been
Now is the time to begin

So give to the needy
And pray for the grieving
E'en when you don't think that you can
'Cause all that you do is bound to come back to you
So think of your fellow man
Make peace with God and make peace with yourself
'Cause in the end there's nobody else

Turn up the music
Turn it up loud
Take a few chances
Let it all out
'Cause you won't regret it
Lookin' back from where you have been
'Cause it's not who you knew
And it's not what you did
It's how you live
'Cause it's not who you knew
And it's not what you did
It's how you live

Remember to Enjoy Life!! We can be such a shining example for God's grace!! Please pray for Kathryn!!

Kelly

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