Ooooooh, Miss M was very, very upset when we visited yesterday evening. As I reported in the earlier blog, they started feeding her yesterday morning only to take it away by the afternoon. She'd learned to like the full belly feeling (don't we all) and the sugar-water IV was just not going to cut it. They said she'd been screaming at them all day long and they were expecting her to give it to 'em all night long, too. The nurse yesterday evening was one who was at the delivery. She's a transport nurse typically but was working the floor last night. She was a bit of a maverick and told us more than the other nurses including that we should expect about a 2 week visit for Miss M. She let me hold her even though she had the feeding line back in and the minute Miss M was in my arms, she quit flailing around, quit screaming and settled in to a good, peaceful sleep. So peaceful her heart rate took a bit of a dip and her monitors went 'ding-ding-ding' (if you've ever been in the NICU, it's like being in an arcade with all the dings and whistles and bing-bongs). The nurse was able to listen to her heart and take her blood pressure while I held her. When we arrived, Miss M was screaming so loud the nurse couldn't hear her heart and she kept fighting and pushing the blood pressure cuff.
So, in the 50 or so hours she's been making her mark on the world, I've been able to hold her twice. It does make me feel good that she knew I was mom. I'd been concerned about the 'bonding' process that books say are so important but I think we're going to be OK.
We're waiting on the Drs. to round today to find out if she'll be allowed to eat again today. I'm hoping so. Her SVT remains under control with medication and getting her to eat will hopefully put her on the fast train out of NICU and onto a level 2 or 1 floor or perhaps even home. They are concerned that she has no 'gas pattern' but she's been a gassy, poop machine (as reported by the nurses) since day 1 and I hope yesterday's vomit/poo issue was just one of those things. I'd hate for her to have messed up guts like her Mama does. Then I'd really feel guilty!
When we were in the adoption process and considering special needs adoption, we had to basically check off a list of needs that we would consider. I can't remember if we checked this off on the list, but perhaps our being open to considering a child with special needs was faxed up to the big guy and in the end, even though our baby wasn't born in China nor was she adopted, she was still connected to us with that red thread that the Chinese believe link us to the people we're supposed to meet in this life.
3 comments:
Love the feisty-ness!! Hang in there B Family.
Molly sounds like a chip off the old block (that block being you of course), I love it! That is just the sweetest thing, that she calmed when you held her, of course she knows you. Thanks for keeping us updated. Thinking about you guys.
She definitely knows who her mama is! I'm glad you were able to witness that too to give you a peace of mind. Still keeping y'all in our prayers. She sounds like a fighter though so I'm sure she'll be home soon. Keep us posted.
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