I thought I was goning to be brave today and go to Target and go home with my sisters Ann and Kerrin. There were a few things that I needed at the store and from home, so Eric was going to be at the hospital with Emma while I was gone for a few hours. This didn't work as planned. 
Since it was a weekend, our doctor was home enjoying his day off and we had a new doctor that we didn't know. Also, Liz was off and so was Tracy. So it was our first day there without seeing a familiar face. I will not get into details, but put it this way, I got 7 minutes on the interstate before Eric called and I had to turn around and go back to the hospital. He wasn't sure what was going on and the nurse wasn't being all that nice. Dr. Torres was the doctor today and he told us that Emma's chest x-ray looked real bad. This was a little upsetting, but what could we do. He told us that her labs were ok, and she was started on an insulin drip to try to control some high blood sugar levels. They also were turning her phototherapy light off today because her bilirubin was down. They said it might only last a day or so and then have to go back on. this was ok to us, at least Eric and I were able to see her without the eye goggles on. Her nurse today really didn't want to touch Emma, and was doing minimal everything. She never repositioned Emma and she only switched out saturated cotton balls from her diaper instead of changing the whole thing; a big change from Tracy. Emma's oxygen requirements were all over the place too...overall, just a bad day. Eric and I didn't want to leave, but we had to at some point. We just have to remember, those nurses are only here for 12 hours and then we get a new one.
Since it was a weekend, our doctor was home enjoying his day off and we had a new doctor that we didn't know. Also, Liz was off and so was Tracy. So it was our first day there without seeing a familiar face. I will not get into details, but put it this way, I got 7 minutes on the interstate before Eric called and I had to turn around and go back to the hospital. He wasn't sure what was going on and the nurse wasn't being all that nice. Dr. Torres was the doctor today and he told us that Emma's chest x-ray looked real bad. This was a little upsetting, but what could we do. He told us that her labs were ok, and she was started on an insulin drip to try to control some high blood sugar levels. They also were turning her phototherapy light off today because her bilirubin was down. They said it might only last a day or so and then have to go back on. this was ok to us, at least Eric and I were able to see her without the eye goggles on. Her nurse today really didn't want to touch Emma, and was doing minimal everything. She never repositioned Emma and she only switched out saturated cotton balls from her diaper instead of changing the whole thing; a big change from Tracy. Emma's oxygen requirements were all over the place too...overall, just a bad day. Eric and I didn't want to leave, but we had to at some point. We just have to remember, those nurses are only here for 12 hours and then we get a new one. 
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