Sam is still struggling. They were trying some different things on him this afternoon to see if they can get his levels figured out. When we left his room about 5:30 pm, he was pretty stable and was very slowly starting to level out a little but is still a long way from being out the woods.
Its so hard to sit there next to him knowing that there is nothing we can do except put our trust in the doctors and nurses, and know that he is in God's hands.
We are going up there with him this evening to celebrate his 1-week birthday at 11:17pm, and then we will stay with him until 12:00 for New Years.
Please pray for Sam to begin to improve his oxygen levels and give the doctors and nurses the knowledge to help him as best as possible.
Friday, December 31, 2010
Rough day
Sam is having a rough day today. They are changing some of his medicines and he currently has his oxygen turned all the way up. He is taking much longer to recover from stimulation, so we are just praying that he has time to recover and that his lungs start to work better. Please pray with us!
12/31 update
Sam is still having some problems with his oxygen levels. They are monitoring him real close to see if they can make any changes to help him level out some. He's back on the billirubin light for now but the Doc said that is very normal. Let's hope and pray that they can get his oxygen levels figured out today.
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Thursday, December 30, 2010
The first non-perfect day
As Ryan has mentioned several times today, Sam is having his first less than perfect day. It has been emotionally difficult for us, but at the same time, I'm not sure I would even call this a bad day. It is just hard because it is the first time we have seen him struggle at all. However, this is to be expected of preemies. It's just hard to watch such a small fragile body and hear the frequent alarms as his oxygen levels dip and rise.
They removed the lights since his bilirubins were leveled (aka not jaundiced), so he hasn't been wearing his eye mask. When I changed his diaper this morning, he started squirming and scrunched up his eyes like he was crying. I almost cried with him. It hadn't been an issue before because his eyes had been covered. I understand babies cry, but it was hard for Mommy to see that. :)
On another note, we have been blown away in the past few days by the generosity of so many people. There are so many people who just want to help us in some way. We don't always know what we need, but it truly is the thought that counts in this situation. We feel so blessed to have so much support! Thank you!
They removed the lights since his bilirubins were leveled (aka not jaundiced), so he hasn't been wearing his eye mask. When I changed his diaper this morning, he started squirming and scrunched up his eyes like he was crying. I almost cried with him. It hadn't been an issue before because his eyes had been covered. I understand babies cry, but it was hard for Mommy to see that. :)
On another note, we have been blown away in the past few days by the generosity of so many people. There are so many people who just want to help us in some way. We don't always know what we need, but it truly is the thought that counts in this situation. We feel so blessed to have so much support! Thank you!
Sam update
He is having a little bit of a rough day. His oxygen levels have kind of been up and down all day. He really needs to be relaxed because when he is uncomfortable and squirming around a lot, his oxygen levels start to fall.
The doctors decided this morning to do another ultrasound on his heart to see if there was anything in there going wrong which was causing the problems. We got the results back from the test a little bit ago and they didn't find any problems. This was of course good news, but at the same time it would be nice to be able to find the root of the problem with his oxygen levels. I think they are planning on doing a chest x-ray in a little bit to see if they can find any other issues there.
The neonatologist said today that he has done "remarkably well" under the circumstances so far. So that was nice to hear.
Please pray that Sam can start getting some better rest and hopefully his oxygen levels will begin to level out.
We are still amazed at the amount of prayers and support that everybody is giving him. We even have nurses in the NICU coming up to us and saying that they have heard about Sam from other people they know. Keep up the good work everybody, the prayers are working!
The doctors decided this morning to do another ultrasound on his heart to see if there was anything in there going wrong which was causing the problems. We got the results back from the test a little bit ago and they didn't find any problems. This was of course good news, but at the same time it would be nice to be able to find the root of the problem with his oxygen levels. I think they are planning on doing a chest x-ray in a little bit to see if they can find any other issues there.
The neonatologist said today that he has done "remarkably well" under the circumstances so far. So that was nice to hear.
Please pray that Sam can start getting some better rest and hopefully his oxygen levels will begin to level out.
We are still amazed at the amount of prayers and support that everybody is giving him. We even have nurses in the NICU coming up to us and saying that they have heard about Sam from other people they know. Keep up the good work everybody, the prayers are working!
Update
Sam is continuing to have some problems with his oxygen levels. They just did a scan on his heart to check for any problems so please pray that comes back ok.
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False alarm
I'm back up here with him now. They got him repositioned and he is doing better. Thanks for the prayers though.
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