We woke up at about 6:30 to a lil daylight and a call from Paw Paw that he would be on his way to visit. I expected to see a much more swollen baby boy than what I saw when I woke up. His head was a little more swollen, but not that much. I expected to find is eyes swollen shut, but there he was, looking at me with those beautiful baby blues with a lil sparkle even!
And then began the fun...they came in needing blood from Kohl (a heel prick and squeeze squeeze SQUEEZE -cuz his foot is so fat it's harder to get the blood that way.) The day nurse came in and noticed that nothing was getting through his i.v. and that he would need a new one. AAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!! When he finally had gotten settled??? I began to tear up as I remembered the lengthy screaming fight he put up the day before when 3 ppl held him down to administer his 1st i.v. And now to add the pain from his head surgery on top of that?!?! He did scream, and it broke my heart...I literally had to turn away and just cry. He didn't put up the same fight though...I don't think he could. So I got strong and went to try and console him by holding his nu nu in his mouth and rubbing the bridge of his nose. They got it in a lot more quickly this time. The problem was that when it had started beeping at 3:30 that morning, something had gotten disconnected and and the fluids had leaked all over his bed...yeah, night shift nurse didn't catch that! This coupled along with the fact that pushing 20 ml of fluid/hr kept bursting his lil veins...this was his 3rd i.v.
After the nurses changed his bedding, I suggested trying to nurse him since he wouldn't take the bottle and eating was the only way to take him off the liquids through the i.v. (which was what kept bursting veins and making him need new i.v.'s) So despite their hesitation, I pulled him on his blanket closer to the edge of the crib and gave him what he's used to. No problem! Finally, a full tummy and a little bit of a happier baby!
Shortly afterwards Dr. Joseph (the surgeon) came to check on him and just wwent on and on about how great his color was, how minimal the swelling was, how overall great and better than average he seemed to be doing! Praise the Lord!! He examined his head and encouraged me to feel the fluid that was causing the swelling on his head. I expected to feel like a tight puffy swelling, but instead, it felt like a layer of water between the scalp and the skull...ewwwww, very weird! (Kevin wouldn't feel, might I add...lol) He asked about his appetite and I explained how I had just fed him, but didn't want to overfeed since I coudn't sit him up and burp him...I didn't want him to throw up (which much to my surprise, he hadn't done so far!) Dr. Joseph said, "Sit him up...burp him. Hold him, love on him, rock him...whatever makes him happy. The more he's up, the quicker the fluid would drain down from his head." I was so happy to hear that I could hold my lil man and give him the comfort he needed, but scared at the same time that I would hurt his head in some way. Dr. Joseph said that if he kept feeding well, that we could take him off the i.v. fluids and just use the i.v. for administering meds. Another Praise the Lord!!! Less chance of busted veins and one less tube to worry about when holding him!
After he left, the nurses helped me get him up and sit in the recliner with him. I was so nervous and he was uncomfortable at first...I guess from the pressure change of the fluid in his head. But knowing he was in mommy's arms quickly settled him down, and my comfort in holding him grew from that point on... He ate again (from the "right source" needless to say, burped and melted into a calm sleep on my shoulder...this is all he wanted! Ever since, he has been so calm, so happy, so bright eyed and wonderful! We've had pee pee diapers, poo poo diapers, a few grins, a little bit of cooing, some play time in his bed (swinging his arms and kicking his legs) and a much more comfortable happy baby! He still moans and cries a little as he is still in a lot of pain, but nothing like last night. Kevin and I both have been praying specifically that he would heal quicker than expected and have minimal pain. And today seems to be a glimse of that prayer answered!!! I plan to get some much needed rest tonight in the lazy boy in our room with my baby boy comfy cozy in my arms. I believe tonight is going to be a good night for us both! *smile*
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