Wow, so we are heading back up the hill. Two steps forward, one step back. McKenna's stomach started looking distended yesterday and this morning seemed to appear even more so. We found out that yesterday she started having bowel loops again - one of the side effects of the gut infection - which we weren't aware she was having those this time around.
This morning we began feeding and she started having her "sat drops" which really just means she is not getting enough oxygen. This could be due to the learning of suck/swallow/breathe or her head being positioned wrong, or that she is just too warn out and exhausted. So the nurse told me to just hold her instead while the tube did all the feeding into her nose. Not a big deal, right? Well, she decided that the moving around wasn't something she enjoyed and spit up ALL down my chest and tummy. Spitting up or not tolerating feedings is another sign of the infection.
As soon as McKenna was put back in the incubator she began having sat drops again, only this time her oxygen levels weren't going up. After about 90 seconds of watching her and poking her and trying to get her breathing right the nurse decided that wasn't doing the trick and she pulled out the oxygen. Couldn't help but begin crying and freaking out as my baby girl laid there needing assistance.
The nurse had to report the morning events to the doctor and they are going to keep a close eye on her, but we are fearing the worst - that she has the gut infection again. If this returns it will mean no feedings, IVs back in her, back on fluids, back on antibiotics and two x-rays a day (a lot of radiation going into her body).
Please, please, please pray for a miracle and that this was just an off morning and she is okay. Pray that she doesn't have the infection, that she can digest her food well, that the air in her gut can escape and the distention will go away, and that she can continue to progress.
Thanks everyone!!!
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