Sunday, January 13, 2013

When I got up this morning at 5:30 to pump, I called the NICU to see how Maks was doing. I worried about him all night. The nurse said that although the diuretic Bumex produced a small amount of urine output earlier in the morning, Malks was even more swollen than when we were there several hours before. She also said the nurse practitioner would be in early in the morning to insert another arterial line. This will help monitor his pressures again and give an easier access for labs to be drawn, so he doesn't have to be poked so many times.


The quality of this picture isn't the greatest, but this is how we found Maks this morning. The poor little guy his an arterial line in his right arm, a PICC line in his right leg, and peripheral lines in his left arm, left leg, and forehead. He has even more medications infusing this morning, with more medications and blood products coming throughout the day. I even took a picture of the overflowing IV pole.


Luckily Dr. Jenkins was there when we got there, and he came in Maks' room to update us. He said that Maks had finally started peeing with the help of the medications, and that all of his labs were finally normalizing. He seemed to think that infection didn't appear to be the current problem, including the NEC, but that all things pointed to acute renal failure. He continued to hold all breast milk feedings, and he continued most of the medications he had started the day before and probably started a few more. Maks was also to continue receiving blood and blood products today. Basically, he had a better day today than yesterday, but he is not out of the woods. His body needs to get stronger so his tiny organs can function on their own.

Thank goodness for Nana for taking care of this precious little girl today. I think she is starting to wonder when she will get to spend more time with mommy and daddy. :(





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