Rumors

  Well the rumors were just that, rumors.  We are still in the PSHU.  We did not move down to floor two and we are really sad about it.  Lucy had her left chest tube removed on Saturday and she was doing well.  She only has monitors attached to her now.  Her PIC line is still in but not being utilized.  She also got to visit with Uncle John and Aunt Cassy.  She tried so hard to stay awake for the visit.  But only made it about fifteen minutes.

Sunday Lucy was fussy.  She would only calm while being held.  She has spent the first twelve weeks of her life in a hospital bed and the majority of the time with tubes come out of her.  I don't blame her for just wanting to be cuddled.  In any case, this is part of the reason we did not move on today.  The doctors are being extra cautious to make sure the crying is not a result of anything other than being a baby.  After today, Mike and I think she is crying because she is just so tired.  In a twelve hour span she got about four to five hours of sleep.  The longest stretch was two hours, most of it was half hour increments.  Every time she falls asleep it seems someone comes in to evaluate or mess with her.

  Her stats have been good.  Her heart rate has been in the 150, blood pressure has stayed where they want and her oxygen saturation is between 75 and 85.  She is on a quarter liter of oxygen and it's possible she will be sent home on that.  Every time they stop the oxygen, her saturation drops to under 70.  Even when she is fussy her blood pressure doesn't sky rocket like it used to.  All these are good signs and Mike and I are ready to be down there to start taking care of her ourselves and bring her home.  We have started giving some medications, change her diapers and give her dips of breast milk on her pacifier to prepare her for bottle feedings.

We ask specifically for prayers for Lucy's irritability.  That she can be calm and is able to get some rest.