Just a quick update for all of you....and another picture. :)
levi is doing well. yesterday was rough. his billirubin shot through the roof, and the drs started talking to me about how when it got to a certain level it could result in brain damage etc, nothing like that to scare the new mom. this as they also tell me they life flighted a baby out of here yesterday. anyway... they put us on a strict 2 hour feeding schedule. he did okay with it, but it was tiring. overnight they took him to the nursery and would just bring him back every 2 hours to feed, which was basically every hour, since it took him almost an hour to eat each time. thankfully this morning it is back down, and now he is only "low-intermediate" risk, yesterday he was "intermediate-high risk"....anyway, it's coming downn, so we're breathing a little easier with that.
I however, have managed to turn my cold into a respiratory infection , which they are concerned could turn into pneumonia especially with not breathing as deeply from the c-section. last night i started coughining up plegm and was running a fever....they started an antibiotic and this morning they did a chest-x-ray, and now i'm probably here until at least saturday, possibly sunday. as much as that stinks, i'd rather be here and get better than at home and then have to be readmitted without him. so that's where we are at.
I'm doing okay. I was kind of a mess last night and spent a good long while crying, feeling overwhelmed with everything, and was completely worried about Levi... a night of somewhat decent sleep has helped..
That's where we are at... Thanks to all of YOU for your prayers and love...
4 comments:
Hey Jen, saying more prayers for you and Levi to be in good health and ready to go home soon. That's definitely scary, but I hope that things get less so as the day/week progresses. No new mom needs extra stress. I hope you're adjusting ok. And I love that you update so often. :) He's a beautiful little boy! With light hair! I thought for sure it'd be dark.
thanks for the update. praying for you guys. being a new mom is so overwhelming in itself at times without the added stress of being sick and worrying about your baby. love the pics!
Glad to hear Levi is doing better, but I'm so sorry you aren't doing so great! Sounds like you are in good hands though. Get well soon!!
Oh Jen...
yah, a good cry will be needed ever so often as your hormones change. Sorry Levi is having a hard time! And your respiratory junk...I said ohhhhhh out loud when I read you were coughing with an incision! I hope they gave you a nice pillow to brace yourself with! Hang in there...it will get easier! Praying for you!
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