Elizabeth is continuing to recover from her surgery. Her nurses are keeping her comfortable with morphine, giving it to her as often as they can. Elizabeth seems to be pretty out, she is very still, every once in a while she will wiggle her toes or peak at me. This morning her right lung showed a little collapse and she was having a hard time getting rid of her CO2, they have adjusted her ventilator and she seems to be improving. This is normal to happen with the surgery; the surgeon told us that the few days after surgery babies usually need a little more lung support. Her chest tube should come out tomorrow, this will help her be more comfortable, the nurses are limited in the ways she can be positioned with it in. The incision was made on her left side, there should only be a small scar and will hardly be noticeable as she gets older.
Elizabeth’s job for today is to pee. She has had a dry diaper all day and most of the night. All of her labs are coming back normal, but they have put her on dopamine to help her urinate. During her surgery Elizabeth did not seem to have this problem, she peed on the table during her surgery!
When she stabilizes and they can hear bowel sounds Elizabeth’s feeds will start again. Hopefully this will be soon so she can put on some weight and get things “going”. Back to the topic of her diaper again, Elizabeth has not passed any stool yet and they are all anxious for her to get that little meconium plug out. On a much more pleasant topic, I should also get to “Kangaroo” her again sometime next week if all goes well.
Thank you to everyone for all of the support from calls, cards, e-mails, meals, baby sitting and most importantly your prayers. We know that God is holding little Elizabeth in his hands and that all of the prayers are being heard and answered.
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