Walked in to NICU this evening to find McKenna screaming and two nurses over her drawing her blood. Her heart rate was in the 200s this afternoon and they were testing to see if she has infections, low blood count and needing a transfusion, or if the aminophlin (medicine that helps her brain remind her to breathe) levels were too high. We still haven't gotten the results back from the tests earlier this week to determine if she has the gut infection again.
Tests came back tonight that her blood count is okay, for now. They don't think the heart rate is from an infection based on the blood work, but we won't know for sure if there is an infection until Saturday. They are taking her off the aminophlin for now to see if that lowers her heart rate, but with being off that means an increased risk for heart drops.
Kyle held her tonight for the first time. Well, he has held her up in the air while they change her sheets, but he held her in his arms, wrapped in a blanket while she was fed through the tube in her nose. He looked so proud, and very concerned. And of course she decided to freak him out by having continued oxygen drops and a heart rate drop to 67 (her heart rate is usually 160 or higher).
Please continue praying for our baby girl. She needs to start gaining weight (has been 2 lb 12 oz for several days) and to be healthy and well.
On a positive note, both babies had eyes checked today and they look like they won't have eye problems. We will have them retested in two weeks, and then not again for six months. It was awful seeing their eyes done though. Heard McKenna screaming when doctor was doing it to her eyes (I was in isolation room with Keaton) and then saw it with Keaton and had to look away it was just so awful! Won't even go into details, but I could never handle that as an adult, so I am not sure how the tinys did it!
Keaton finally gained weight - 2 oz. We are hoping he will break into the 4 lb mark this weekend, but we understand that is asking a lot. He had green residual (undigested milk) today after one of his feedings, but the doctor thinks it was just reflux. Please pray he does not get sick or any kind of infection. We still have to wait another week before his next MRSA test.
And, as always, thank you everyone for your love, prayers and support. We feel so blessed by all of you and are so grateful and we pray God bless you for your time and energy in checking this blog and in your continued prayers!
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