Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Kyle's Head is Improving!
After Emily got discharged, we stopped at the helmet place on the way out of the hospital. He had some red spots last night that didn't go away, so we knew his helmet needed to be adjusted. He had an appointment on Thursday, but we are supposed to bring him in if there is any rubbing going on.
The helmet dude made lots of adjustments to the inside of Kyle's helmet and took measurements of Kyle's head. His head is 1/2 cm larger in circumference than it was 12 days ago! I think I have a growing boy! And he told me that Kyle is half way to where he needs to be to stop wearing the helmet! Yay! Hopefully by Christmas the little dude will be helmet free!
The helmet dude made lots of adjustments to the inside of Kyle's helmet and took measurements of Kyle's head. His head is 1/2 cm larger in circumference than it was 12 days ago! I think I have a growing boy! And he told me that Kyle is half way to where he needs to be to stop wearing the helmet! Yay! Hopefully by Christmas the little dude will be helmet free!
And We're Home!
Emily did good all night and this morning. Her oxygen levels stayed normal and she didn't have any more blue lips! So, during rounds this morning, the doctors discharged Emily!
Emily is in the Hospital
Both babies have had running noses all day and Emily has had a low grade fever all day. They both were very drooly and chewing on everything, so I assumed it was from teething. Late this afternoon, Emily started coughing really hard and get upset. Her lips turned a nice shade of blue, so I called the doctor. They told me to head over to AI (the children's hospital) to the ER and get her checked out.
So mommy and the babies went to the ER; Daddy was at work. They checked Emily all out - tested her snot and took a chest x-ray. Everything came back negative, but because her snot was clear, they knew the snot would. The doctor said even though it was negative, she's pretty sure Emily has RSV. Because she was doing better, they normally would have sent her home. But because we was pre-term, they wanted to keep her in the hospital overnight to monitor her.
They got her all set up in a hospital crib, hooked up to all sorts of monitors and such. Around 11:00pm, Kyle and I came home and Brent (who came as soon as he could leave work) is staying at the hospital with Emily for the night. As long as her breathing does okay through the night, she will get to come home in the morning.
So mommy and the babies went to the ER; Daddy was at work. They checked Emily all out - tested her snot and took a chest x-ray. Everything came back negative, but because her snot was clear, they knew the snot would. The doctor said even though it was negative, she's pretty sure Emily has RSV. Because she was doing better, they normally would have sent her home. But because we was pre-term, they wanted to keep her in the hospital overnight to monitor her.
They got her all set up in a hospital crib, hooked up to all sorts of monitors and such. Around 11:00pm, Kyle and I came home and Brent (who came as soon as he could leave work) is staying at the hospital with Emily for the night. As long as her breathing does okay through the night, she will get to come home in the morning.
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