Sunggles

We just left the hospital.  No word on the cultures but I did get to hold her!!!  We walked in as the nurse was cleaning her up and weighing her so she was getting a little fussy.  Once the nurse was done she handed Izzy to me and she quieted right down.  I think the poor little girl just needed to be held.
Robbie was sweet enough to give me the time I needed to hold my baby.  We got SUPER cute pics that I'll post as soon as I can.
She's doin sooo good!

FINALLY! We get to hold her!

Cheyanne is off her nasal canular and they took out the rapogal (spelling?) line! So no breathing aides and no line down her throat!!! YAY! Plus, we get to hold her tonight!

YAY DIAPERS!

I just saw her and they were able to put a diaper in her! Her tummy is down enough that it fits!  The docs are also talkin about takin the drainage tube out of her tummy!! That means that they're gonna try and start feeding her soon and then we can bring her home!!
Yesterday they changed the dressing for her femeral line and noticed discharge, so they're doing labs and cultures... So far everything is good with the labs.  Hopefully there is no infection but keep praying for our little girl!

OFF CPAP & Breathing on her own!

Today they took her off her drip of pain meds, turned the suction off of the line in her tummy and turned down her nasal canular!  She's breathing well on her own and we're just waiting for her pain to be managed to hold her.

Happy One Week Izzy!

Cheyanne is one week old today!!!!

OFF VENTILATOR!

Cheyanne is off her ventilator! They put her on a baby CPAP today! And she got her first paci! She's doing so well!

Holding her own!

Our little girl is holding her own today.  She's such a little fighter! She's on a ventilator and has a femeral line in for IV Nutrients until her tummy is completly drained and able to tolerate milk.

Surgery update

The pediactric surgan came and talked with us and gave us an update.  They did Cheyanne's surgery this morning and it went well.
After draining over 700 ccs of fluid off her tummy over night they went in and did a colostomy.  They cut her small intestine in two places 22 cm apart and brought the ends to the surface to drain.
This was done because inutero, she developed a kink or twist in her small intestine that caused a perferation and let bile and intestional goop leak into her tummy.
She came out of surgery well and we got to see her!  She's sooo beautiful! And has a head FULL of blond hair!

Welcome to the world Cheyanne!

Cheyanne was born today.  She was born via c-section and weighed 7.38 pounds.  Every time I had a contraction, her heart rate would decrease making a section the only option.  The doctor let us know she had a head full of blond hair and then that she had a distended abdomen.  
After surgery Robbie went to go see Cheyanne and let me know how she was and that we had a beautiful little girl.  He even came back with pictures!
I was moved to a post pardum room and told I could see my daughter the following morning.  All I could do was call the NICU and check on her...talk about your hands bein tied.....