Merry Christmas (Revision 2)
Merry Christmas everyone. Well, it has been a busy day for the Sullivan household. As I said before, Emma had surgery on Friday. After Emma had her surgery, another baby had the same surgery. Unfortunately, that baby passed away on Saturday afternoon. Our hearts go out to that family. Additionally, the baby's passing reinforced in us how fragile Emma truly is.
For the surgery, the doctors gave Emma more that enough anesthesia than she necessarily needed (studies have found that babies recover better if they are given a lot of anesthesia compared to a little). However, Emma started to stir a bit on Saturday evening when Liz and I spoke to her. She wasn't really "active" until Sunday. Emma continued to do well yesterday with her breathing and blood pressure (although she was a on blood pressure meds for a bit).
Unfortunately, Emma deteriorated a bit this morning and was diagnosed with pnemonia. The doctors put her back on antibiotics to take care of the illness. She is doing pretty well, although between the pnemonia and recovering from the surgery she is a bit uncomfortable. We know she is good hands, and we will continue to watch for Emma's recovery.
Liz and I are doing well. We realized that Christmas Eve and Christmas were the first time in months that (a) Liz was not on bed rest, (b) we didn't have any body visiting, (c) I didn't have to study for finals and (d) Emma wasn't having surgery. So, we are relaxing and recouping as best we can.
Hope everyone has a great day. I'll be editing this post later and adding some pictures.
Note... I won't be adding the pictures today. I bought some new batteries a couple days ago... and they were dead. I hate the batteries w/ the picture of the black cat (i can't remember the brand name off hand). Either way, I'm buying rechargeable batteries and a charger tomorrow.
For the surgery, the doctors gave Emma more that enough anesthesia than she necessarily needed (studies have found that babies recover better if they are given a lot of anesthesia compared to a little). However, Emma started to stir a bit on Saturday evening when Liz and I spoke to her. She wasn't really "active" until Sunday. Emma continued to do well yesterday with her breathing and blood pressure (although she was a on blood pressure meds for a bit).
Unfortunately, Emma deteriorated a bit this morning and was diagnosed with pnemonia. The doctors put her back on antibiotics to take care of the illness. She is doing pretty well, although between the pnemonia and recovering from the surgery she is a bit uncomfortable. We know she is good hands, and we will continue to watch for Emma's recovery.
Liz and I are doing well. We realized that Christmas Eve and Christmas were the first time in months that (a) Liz was not on bed rest, (b) we didn't have any body visiting, (c) I didn't have to study for finals and (d) Emma wasn't having surgery. So, we are relaxing and recouping as best we can.
Hope everyone has a great day. I'll be editing this post later and adding some pictures.
Note... I won't be adding the pictures today. I bought some new batteries a couple days ago... and they were dead. I hate the batteries w/ the picture of the black cat (i can't remember the brand name off hand). Either way, I'm buying rechargeable batteries and a charger tomorrow.
posted by Chadwick at 4:14 PM
3 Comments:
dude, you want NiMH or Lithium rechargables. The black cat ones were made in the 70s or something. Anyways, I'm bummed I won't be coming down this week. Hope your xmas was a good one!
I'm so sorry about the other baby at the hospital, I can't imagine...
Sounds like Emma did well, she always sounds and looks so strong.
I hope you guys are able to relax and wind down from all the recent stresses during this time.
Chadwick family: we think about you every day and pray and pray and pray. Emma if obviously a fighter. She's really special to have all your love coming her way. Keep at it and don't forget to take some time to breathe as Chad and Liz too. It can be really hard but if you take time for yourselves you can be better parents for her.
As a side note, four months after he was born our Isaac finally passed the ten pound mark. A far cry from the 2.5 pounds he was at!
Simpson family (Becky Greene)
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