We had a bit of a rough night with Deacon last night. We got a call from the NICU at about 6:45 p.m. informing us that his blood pressure was extremely low, he wasn't moving around much and his color didn't look good. We had been up there during that day and left around 5 p.m. to head to Kim and Brad's to celebrate Brad's 30th birthday. It was a surprise party and Tyler actually made up an excuse that he forgot his cell at the hospital and needed to go get it. This was how Kim was able to get Brad out of the house while all the guests arrived. Unfortunately, we had to bail on the party and headed straight to the hospital.
Upon arriving, the doctor informed us that there may be a couple of things that could potentially be contributing to this. They had already sent blood (two different times) to the lab for a CBC (complete blood count), however the blood kept clotting and the lab was unable to get accurate results. The doctor wanted to run an arterial line so that it would be easier to draw blood as they would also need blood to run his gas levels. They made three attempts and couldn't get a line in since his veins are so small. They decided to start him on antibiotics just in case he did have an infection. The doctor was finally able to draw some blood for a CBC that the lab was able to use. The results indicated that his white bloods cells were slightly elevated possibly meaning that he had a minor infection. They did a couple of different cultures (urine, blood and I'm at a loss if there were any others done) and we should get the results tomorrow night to see if in fact he does/did have an infection. They also gave him another blood transfusion while we were there. The first one blew out (the vein goes bad) and so it took three more attempts to get a good vein!They also did an x-ray of his stomach and lungs and everything seemed to look good. The poor little guy went through quite a bit, but he was a strong little fighter. He made his mom and dad very proud!
We are very pleased with their care as they keep us informed of everything they're doing. In addition, they let us be by his bedside while all of this was going on (in addition to the 3-4 staff that were there too) so we're able to touch him and let him know his parents are there.
As of early this morning, he seemed to be doing better. His blood gas levels were more normal and his coloring seemed to be good. They did decide to put him back on the ventilator today.
Avigail had a good day yesterday. However, they stopped her feeds this morning because she still hadn't had any bowel movement and her tummy was starting to swell up again. The doctor was going to determine whether or not to do another contrast study (enema) during the 8 a.m. rounds this morning.
On a good note, Avi weighed a little over 2 lbs last night! I never thought I'd say that a 2 lb baby looks big!
