Julie and I decided to take the morning to try and clean up the house a bit. Of course, we were calling the hospital every few hours to check on Nettie. This morning the nurse on the phone said Nettie was peeing at "replacement" level, meaning that she was peeing out the equivalent of the fluid they were giving her. This was an improvement, but meant that the fluid that had built up after the surgery was still hanging around. I went back to class at 11:30am for the first time since Julie went into labor a week and a half ago. While I was in class, Julie called the hospital again, and this time the nurse said Nettie "was peeing like a mad woman." I never knew anger made the fairer sex urinate, but I'll take it!
We didn't make it to the hospital today until 5:30pm or so, but Nettie looked a little less puffy then the day before. Her eyes were open really big, she would grab our fingers and we would sing her songs. Because of the breathing tube in one nostril and the feeding tube in the other that both go down into her throat, she can't make any noise now (I think her vocal cords are blocked). It was a little sad to see a baby try really hard to cry and not get any sound out (I'm sure many parents are thinking that sounds wonderful), but since she was looking better overall, and the doctors and nurses seem happy with her progress, so are we. She has two tube drains in her chest still that they may try to remove tomorrow, and hopefully by Sunday they will have weaned her off the breathing tube.
So let's everyone keep up the rain dances, poems, vibes, etc., whatever hippy energy you can muster, it seems to be working!
She also had a major blow out in her diaper last night that destroyed her bedding and really put her in the negative (more out than in -- she had too much in)! Let's all hone in on output (pee & poop) and independent breathing. Hugs all around!
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