Eric and I were up early and at the hospital first thing. We met Tracy her nurse this morning. She gave up a little update of how Emma's first night in her new place was. She said she did ok 
throughout the night and that the doctors and nurse practioners would be rounding soon. We were all assigned teams when you get admitted. We were the red team, so we were allowed to be in the pod when our team talked about our baby, but not when they or any other team was discussing another baby in the room. Tracy told us that these were her favorite babies to care for, the micro-preemies. She had her on her side and for the first time, I think she was actually comfortable. Tracy really made Eric and I feel comfortable also, which was nice considering we were both very overwhelmed. Dr. McKay and Liz made it over to us in the later part of the morning. They started talking about Emma's history and then they would discuss the plan. They said that her umbilical line was not what was affected by the bacteria that they found, but it was in her blood. The bug is called klebsiella and is difficult to treat. They consulted the infectious disease group to help determine what the best combination of antibiotics would be. She had a chest x-ray done, which she would get every day to look at any improvement with her lungs, so far none. They ordered Lasix, a diuretic that will help get rid of some of her swelling and will keep her peeing hopefully. She would be receiving more blood, and thankfully, Eric's donated blood made it over with her last night and she would be getting that today. They wanted to also try to discontinue her Dopamine because it is such a low dose and her urine output had been good. They have her on 2 types of antibiotics, but are saying that she will most likely have to be treated fro 14-21 days. Her weights really don't count right now because she is still so puffy, so when she doesn't have a lot of fluid on her, we will be able to see what her true weight is. Eric and I don't sleep very much these days, but hopefully it will get better.
throughout the night and that the doctors and nurse practioners would be rounding soon. We were all assigned teams when you get admitted. We were the red team, so we were allowed to be in the pod when our team talked about our baby, but not when they or any other team was discussing another baby in the room. Tracy told us that these were her favorite babies to care for, the micro-preemies. She had her on her side and for the first time, I think she was actually comfortable. Tracy really made Eric and I feel comfortable also, which was nice considering we were both very overwhelmed. Dr. McKay and Liz made it over to us in the later part of the morning. They started talking about Emma's history and then they would discuss the plan. They said that her umbilical line was not what was affected by the bacteria that they found, but it was in her blood. The bug is called klebsiella and is difficult to treat. They consulted the infectious disease group to help determine what the best combination of antibiotics would be. She had a chest x-ray done, which she would get every day to look at any improvement with her lungs, so far none. They ordered Lasix, a diuretic that will help get rid of some of her swelling and will keep her peeing hopefully. She would be receiving more blood, and thankfully, Eric's donated blood made it over with her last night and she would be getting that today. They wanted to also try to discontinue her Dopamine because it is such a low dose and her urine output had been good. They have her on 2 types of antibiotics, but are saying that she will most likely have to be treated fro 14-21 days. Her weights really don't count right now because she is still so puffy, so when she doesn't have a lot of fluid on her, we will be able to see what her true weight is. Eric and I don't sleep very much these days, but hopefully it will get better. 
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