When I got to the hospital yesterday morning, I was informed that Alice had not been behaving so far. She was dipping a lot in her breathing and just not doing too well. I informed the doctor and nurses that she was seeming quite tired to me and not herself. So with this information (as the parents are the ones that see the babes everyday and know when they are and aren't themselves, it's really the parents that look out for the babes and not the nurses as much as they are always changing), they decided she needed to have tests done.
Some blood was taken to check her gas levels, her hemoglobin levels as well as for a blood culture (to check for infections). It turns out her hemoglobin levels were low so it was decided she would get a blood transfusion (her third one) on Saturday afternoon. In the meantime, antibiotics were started in case there was an infection. It takes 48 hours to get diagnosis as to whether there is an infection, but may as well start the antibiotics and stop them at 48 hours if there is not infection.
We've had a really good couple of weeks with no backwards steps, so this isn't really uncommon that we should be moving backwards. Her breathing is okay and her weight gain is great (she was at 1450 grams), now it's the energy level to keep the breathing going.
Day 44
No visit today, but phoned to check in on how Alice was doing. She got moved back to the larger NICU area as there are more people around so more eyes to watch out for her. She was having some more dips. It's hard to really understand over the phone where she is at, so I'll find out more tomorrow.
There's been no word of infection so that's good news and her oxygen levels have been around 21-23% (close to room levels) so she's doing well there.
Today would have been a good rest day and hopefully she'll be up for a cuddle tomorrow.
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