What a huge difference a day makes. There was so much less commotion in the NICU today and you could tell by Lucy's calm demeanor. She was really peaceful today. We again got to take part in her check-up although this time Mike got to change her diaper. Yes you guessed right, she left him a little surprise. He did a fabulous job changing his first diaper, a total natural. I got to clean her eye lids and then we both put lotion on her dry skin. However, the biggest part of the day was that she gained 6 ounces overnight and is up to 3 pounds and 14 ounces. Two of those ounces may be in her swollen feet, but we are taking any ounce we can get.
The team of doctors met last night to discus Lucy's case and decided on a new plan. Due to her size, they are splitting the hybrid procedure into two steps. First they will place the bands around her pulmonary arteries to limit blood flow to the lungs. The second step will be to place a stent in the PDA (Patent Ductus Arteriosus) to keep it open. The stent they use is only so small, so to place this in her heart right now at her size can impact the Aorta. We are not sure at this time what size she needs to be for the second step. We will find out Monday when they will schedule the first part of the hybrid (fingers crossed it's next week). After the procedure she will most likely be moved to the surgical heart unit in the children's hospital. At that time, we're hoping she can have some visitors.
woot! woot! I felt kind of silly saying "packing on the lb's" last time I commented on you blog entry _ thought better of it and should have said "packing on the oz's" but in no time those oz's are adding up! what to go Lucy James :) and good job on diapie duty u 2 :) I would be a nervous wreck - <3 Denise :)
ReplyDelete