Day 85

Well, we survived the transition room. It was a long and sleepless night that was very eye-opening for what we have ahead of us, but Maks did great. He ate well and did pretty well at maintaining his vital signs, but the monitors sure kept us on our toes and our eyes awake. Maks did have one episode of bradycardia where his heart rate dropped into the 40s. It was only for a second or two, and he came out of it on his own, though. It was very late, and I was very tired. I remember seeing the number, but I don't remember looking to see if the wavelength was showing an accurate reading or not.

If you remember from a couple of days ago, his last hematocrit was only 30. Because of this and the brady episode last night, Dr. Anschutz decided to keep him for at least 24 hours. He ordered another hematocrit to be drawn in the morning to make sure it is good before he is discharged to home. If it is 30 or above, Maks will go home tomorrow; if it is below 30, he will get a blood transfusion, then he can be discharged 24 hours after that. Anschutz said he almost hopes it is less than 30, so he can transfuse and "top him off" before he goes home; however, Maks' body should be making its own red blood cells now, so he also hates to give him blood and trick his body into thinking it doesn't need to kick itself in high gear. Anyway, we will just have to see what the test comes out as tomorrow.

Today was a hectic day, and last night was pretty exhausting, so Logan and I were definitely okay with waiting another day or two to bring Maks home. We want want him to come home, and we feel comfortable in our ability to care for him at home. we just want to make sure he is really ready. We also figured it would give us an opportunity to get a really good nights' sleep, so we are rested and refreshed when Maks does come home.

My mom and sisters and Tiana threw me such a cute and creative safari baby shower for Maks this afternoon. So much love and support was shown, and I can't thank everyone enough. We got so many cute outfits and toys for Maks. Lindsay and Hillary did such a great job putting this together, and I just had to take a picture of all of the cute decorations! Tiana made the safari cake, and Kylee made the diaper cake!












Logan and I did take advantage of one last night before bringing Maks home and went on a date to dinner. This will probably be the last time in a very long time we will be able to really go anywhere together. There are such strict rules and guidelines for micro preemies. We aren't even supposed to have any visitors at our house for at least 2 months. And then we are supposed to avoid people, especially crowds, like when shopping or at church, for a year. We better get really good at entertaining ourselves at home! Thank goodness for a swing set this summer! One step at a time! One step at a time! One step at a time...


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