Oct 29, 2009

I can't believe it's been almost a week since I posted anything. WOW. Kelsey's been about the same including retaining a lot of fluid. They took 140 cc off Saturday, which wasn't as much as we thought they would get but she did feel better and was more active Sunday. They lowered her oxygen flow to 2 and increased her feeding to 12cc per hour (she was at 11cc per hour). She continued to gain fluid over the next several days but she has been breathing well despite the growing belly. But, today they tapped her belly again and took off 450 cc (that's 15 oz)!!!!! She looked so great tonight and was full of energy and life!!!!


I've been nuzzling with her since Tuesday and she's been doing ok but tonight she was amazing. I always pump before I nuzzle with her but tonight she was sucking so hard I could hear her swallowing some milk the pump didn't get. And, she did just fine with breathing and swallowing (I know she wasn't swallowing much, but momma was still excited). With her belly still big, they can't give her a large volume of fluid during a feeding so they give her food on a continuous feed. So, we can't really try and see if she can take a bottle or breastfeed because of that belly again. So, please continue to pray something changes with the belly so she can come home.

One big change, Kelsey's heart surgery has been moved up. It's now November 10th!!!!! Please pray for all that is involve with such a major surgery. I'll send more specifics the closer it gets to the date. Her platelets continue to be in the normal range : ) and her liver tests seem to be getting back to normal but the fluid is still there?????

Thanks for checking on Kelsey and us.

Patti


Kelsey loves her soft cuddly blanket from Aunt KK.

Flower Power!!!! This is after the 450 cc of fluid was taken off.

Here's Kelsey's big belly before the 450cc were taken off.