Moving day & no more stickers
Some new information on the baby front:
The other night, Kristie was taken off the IV fluids because she was doing so well on her output. They were using her injection port to give her the antibiotics with instead of a constant fluid drip. When the nurse came in later that night, she ended up removing the injection port all together and placing her on oral antibiotics for a period of time.
When we were moved to the second room, we were given a rather small room due to the fact that she doesn’t need an observation room, but doesn’t need a mother/baby room either. The room was only about 150 sq ft and was not real good for visitors and such. In the end she was moved to a room that was roughly twice the size and had a couch bed that I could occupy instead of the hard backed chair that has been killing my back for the past few nights.
Today Kristie is getting a PIC line. It functions just like an IV port, but doesn’t need to be replaced every 4 days like an IV port does. This way she doesn’t need to have 17 separate IVs over the course of her 2 month stay. I’m actually writing this now from the x-ray waiting room as she’s back in the arteriogram room having the procedure. With this PIC line they will be able to draw blood, and inject fluids and antibiotics.
She also had an ultrasound earlier today to check the baby’s position and amount of amniotic fluid. The baby is currently turned head down and is sitting just on top of her cervix. The heartbeat is still nice and strong, and everything with him seems to look good. The amount of amniotic fluid that she has is a bit small. With averages being between 8-25 cm, her 5.3 cm is not looking so hot. If it drops much more, they will likely induce labor so that the baby’s lungs arent damaged due to a lack of fluid.
Other than that, everything is pretty much the same as before. Nothing much to discuss, so no posts everyday. I’ll keep you informed regarding future events.
