Friday, March 13, 2009

Thursday night / Friday morning update

Well, last night was pretty awful, which is why it's 11:15 and I haven't posted anything yet.

Audrey is having a tough time nursing, and a tough time keeping her food down. She's not keen on a bottle either, so we are still dependent on her feeding tube. Last night she had one of the many episodes of her heart rate dropping and her breathing stopping. Usually they don't happen while we're there, but this one was while I was holding her. She was unresponsive for a short time. All of this together really made it clear--she's not ready to come home, and she may not be for a while. We had been thinking Sunday, but it's now Wednesday at the earliest.

She is still under the lights for jaundice and will continue that probably until tomorrow. The good news is that it's helping her bilirubin levels, which will probably in turn help her other concerns. We'll work on getting some good news to post tonight, ok?

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