Today I'm grateful for... Getting a spinal injection of steroids on my back
Seeing my little girl grow bigger
Having the privilege of taking care of patients
Loving family
I finished with patients at 4:30 today, and loved every minute of my day. I love getting to care for the kids and It's a way for me to escape from negative thoughts for a while. I arrived at the NICU unit at around 5 PM, and Lulu met me there. I had met her at the radiology department for the mass biopsy. I had to wait outside while they treated Lulu. I was saying a little prayer that included the mass to be smaller and non-malignant. When she emerged, she told me the "needle guided biopsy" went well (I took that as it wasn't painful, and she really liked the radiologist. Also, the radiologist was the husband of someone we knew in the dental community). The results would be available tomorrow after 4 PM.
Some really good news as we were briefed on Lourdes condition from the day nurse in charge of he. It seems that baby Lourdes had decided to remove her respiration tube by herself. Not a small feat as the tube is attached to the folds on each side of the nose with highly sticky medical tape. After Lourdes extubated herself the RT put her onto a C-pap nasal unit (I have included a picture of her with this on, because it's difficult to explain with words). They were telling us how this was a huge step for her and how many times babies know that they ready for the "next step" and they take things into their own hands. We were ecstatic, some great news, and lord knows that we needed some. This was also the first time we had heard Lourdes make any sounds. She had a faint cry, that we could barely hear. We couldn't wait to get home to tell the boys what had happens today. Even better, we were told that we might be able to do a Kangaroo hold in our arms tomorrow? (we found that a Kangaroo hold is when you bare your chest and the naked girl lays against the parents chest for warmth). Like a school boy before the last day of school in anticipation of the summer break, I wanted to get home so I could get to sleep. Tomorrow couldn't come to soon!
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