(from http://jonathan-chu.blogspot.com)
Bethany
and I had been missing our church family so we decided to go and be a
part of church this morning. It was wonderful to be together with our
family, worshiping together! It was tough to be there and not with our
girls so we did take off pretty quick after church was over to get to
lunch with our biological family and then to Lydia first at The Pavilion.
Update
After
Penny's crazy episode of high blood glucose levels on New Year's Eve,
she spent the day yesterday recouping and getting rebalanced. Her
numbers continued to stay around the mid 200's and finally hit the low
200's and dipped under that by the evening.
This morning while we were sitting in church, the phone vibrated. It was the hospital so I jumped up and ran out and answered it. I was the doctor and she said that they would be starting Penny
on her subcutaneous (subcu) insulin shot (detemir) to get her off of the
IV insulin. At least it was good news! A few hours ago, I called to check on Penny's stats and
they said that her glucose levels were low, so low that the meter was
now saying "too low" and so the lab work began again to see what her
numbers really were. She got to a low of 21 so they cut off all of her fluids
and started to give her glucose again. (go figure!) The numbers game
has been and is currently being played out as she gets different levels
of glucose or dextrose IV's to balance out her subcu insulin shot.
She's back up to about 241 on glucose levels. Tomorrow the gamut of
doctors come in again to talk about her situation and see what they can
do to get her numbers stabilized. This yo yo game is wearing on all of
us and we're definitely ready for her to get stable.
As
for Lydia, the past few days, she's been like a stinkin little clock.
Ticking away, movin those little arms around and around, steady as can
be. Her food intake continues to increase (which makes for some good
meconium diapers) and her weight gain continues to tip the scales, as
much as a preemie can rock a scale. Our continued concerns are for her
PDA to close and for there to be no complications within her gut, (NEC)
esp. if she were to take on another course of indocin.
And
so this is where we stand tonight. Thank you all for your prayers,
comments and for your continued journeying with us down this path!
Goodnight from LeBonheur NICU - The Chus
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