Deanna Nicole -Part 2

Just a side note---read previous blog first to get the right order of events.

After going to the recovery room for 1 1/2 hours, I was taken to see Deanna. She was all hooked up to lots of different things. We were told she had lots of meconium and that she is getting the help she needs right now.

Here is our first picture together as mother and daughter.

Look at Deanna's hair-we thought it was going to be light and curly, but it has changed a lot.
The boys came by in the afternoon to see her face. The nurse covered up a lot of the cords so they wouldn't be scared for her- Adam's first question when they came to my room- Where is she?

I went to my room and she stayed in NICU.

WE were given lots of information the next time we went to see her, but honestly I can't remember what time it was or what was said...it is all a blur. I spent the next 3 days in the hospital and with each day there was information overload as to what went on with Deanna. I was and am recovering fine. I don't feel too bad considering a c-section is a major surgery. I always trusted God to look after Deanna and I raised my hands in worship that I had another day with her. Each morning that I see her, I praise Him for another day. I thank Him for each feature on her body (working or not) and know that we can get through this obstacle.

After day 2, Deanna has made progress for the better. She didn't have pneumonia, but there are other causes of concern. WE are awaiting chromosomal tests to eliminate any possible abnormalities. Some of the concern of the drs. is that her hands are positioned differently than most newborns. They are in the right spot placement-wise, but she holds them in a relaxed way, not with her fists clenched. They also noticed that her forearms are short, her eyes are really sunken, and her ears lay flat. We don't know if there is a connection between all of these things or not, maybe it is the way she was "crafted." Deanna will also be wearing a cast for the first few months of her life. Her right foot is a club foot, this is a common genetic abnormality and not related to the delivery or how she was laying in utero.

Deanna's heart is normal, her lungs are good, her brain is looking good,but we will see more info on an ultrasound being taken on Monday. She has shown a blood clot in the "air pocket" in her brain. This can be normal for newborns after delivery, but again, we will know more later. We pray for complete reabsorbption back into the brain of the blood.

She currently is being moved to a level 2 room instead of the level 3 where she has spent the last 6 days. This is great news!! She is off the ventilator, off any pain medications, and is currently on cortisone (her body used her supply up in the labor process) and antibiotics. She is being fed through a NG tube-through her nose and straight to her belly, of my breast milk and is doing well with it.

Here is the latest picture: Deanna is off the ventilator-YAY!!!!