Monday, April 09, 2007
Emma's Trials
Well, we hope that Emma won't be this much trouble her whole life. Saturday night they had a very difficult time finding a vein for her IV, so much so that they decided to do a PICC line. It is a catheter that runs through a vein in her arm to her heart. This will prevent them from having to poke her over and over to find veins to run the antibiotics through. She is doing well with this new thing in her arm. It doesn't hurt her at all and will be much better for her in the long run.
In all of our conversations with doctors and nurses they have all said how very unusual it is to have a baby with this bacteria who is not symptomatic of having it at all. We know she has it because the culture they did of her blood grew the bacteria, we are very grateful that she has not become ill from it. She has had blessings that promise her health and strength and we are confident that these blessings are the reason she is not sick.
She will be in the hospital until the 17th of April. We are so excited to get her home!
In all of our conversations with doctors and nurses they have all said how very unusual it is to have a baby with this bacteria who is not symptomatic of having it at all. We know she has it because the culture they did of her blood grew the bacteria, we are very grateful that she has not become ill from it. She has had blessings that promise her health and strength and we are confident that these blessings are the reason she is not sick.
She will be in the hospital until the 17th of April. We are so excited to get her home!
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Marsha typed a beautiful message; before she tries again, we need to know that with new account, it will be accepted.
It is no small deal for me to write a comment because I'm so slow and computer illiterate, so it was with great disappointment that what I spent 20 minutes writing disappeared. Anyway,I'll try again. Emma is beautiful. It is hard to hear all she is going through, but but the important thing is, all this is keeping her well. It was fun to see the great looks of pride in her big brothers' eyes as they held her. She is in very good hands and lucky to belong to such a loving family. Lisa, we hope you are doing okay with all the travel to and from the hospital and time away from home while you recover from the birth. You and baby Emma are in our prayers. We love you all. Dad and Mom
Let me add my comments under the mcovwells nom de plume. If you want to understand why we pray, open your Bible Dictionary to "prayer" and enjoy the counsel. Emma & Lisa will be in our prayers. We pray that Riley will be healthy through the rigors of tax season and new baby travails. LOVE, DAD
I have been spending all day at the hospital with Emma while the boys are in school. It is nice to be there where it is quiet and know that she is in great hands while we can't be there. She is doing very well, gaining weight and eating like a horse! The doctor calls every morning after he sees her and gives us an update. There isn't much to update on, but he calls anyway. The nurses take very good care of her while we are away and she is very content to sleep and eat and very rarely, be awake. Riley goes to the hospital every day at lunch and after work and is constantly disappointed because Emma is sleeping while he is there. Jenny called Riley this morning and was surprised to hear that Emma is still in the hospital. He updated her. We are so grateful that she didn't get sick. There are a couple of other babies in the NICU who did get sick from this bug. We feel blessed that she is very healthy.
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