Little Miss Drama

Ok, Miss Audrey!  You have really scared your momma and everyone else this time.  The NICU called your momma at about 1:30 early Tuesday morning.  Things had started going on with you and they wanted to alert her.  You had some residuals in a couple of feedings and then you had a couple of messy diapers that contained a lot of bloody stools.  The doctors told your momma one possibility was NEC.  As the day progressed and test results came in, that was confirmed.  NEC is a condition that affects the lining of the intestines, occurs in pretty much only preemies, and is very serious. 

Your momma and I got to the hospital at 4am and things quickly started  deteriorating.  Your vitals were all over the place and you were laboring so to breathe.  They kept telling us you were very very sick.  And then they had to put you back on the ventilator.  Even after being on the ventilator you kept alarming all day and they had to “bag” you a few times.  Scary!  You were so lifeless.  They have stopped your feeding and now you are on three different kinds of antibiotics.  When they weighed you yesterday morning, you weighed 5.10.   And they have moved you back into an isolation room, so you have your own private room again at least for a while. 

And to top things off yesterday, we were told that if your condition worsened and if your bowel were to perforate they would have to fly you to St. Louis or Little Rock as the only pediatric surgeon at the hospital left town at 2 pm yesterday.  That was the final straw that kinda put your momma over the top.  She was just totally unresponsive and numb for the rest of the day.  My heart hurt for her.

But as of 5 pm last night, the doctors were a little more hopeful.  They said you were stable and all of the test results look positive.  They will continue to take x-rays every 6 hours and monitor you very closely.  The first 48 to 72 hours are most critical!

Here a a few pictures.  You sure can tell we have taken a few steps backward, but the Lord willing, will rebound quickly from here.

You are such a little fighter and are so strong.  God has a plan for you and has been so faithful to keep his hand upon you.