Tuesday, April 21, 2009

flashbacks: all better

August 26th, 2005

From Mayden's 2nd week of life journal. BTW we're all better now!!

Mayden's already giving us a little scare... since Monday we've been living in the hospital again, this time at AI DuPont Children's Hospital. During a routine home visit from a Birth Center nurse she noticed Mayden's heart rate was lower than normal and had periods of sleep apnea. In the process of checking that out they found that she is making too many red blood cells which is causing her to have "thick blood" which may or may not have been causing the low heart rate, but is a concern in it's self. This morning they did a semi-surgical procedure where they take some of her blood out and replace it with saline to in-a-sense dilute her blood and make it thinner. She did well, but we're still going to need to be here a few more days for observation. Just wanted you guys to be aware of what's going on. I finally got a chance to sneak away and write this. Please be praying for us as we get through this road block. Hopefully we'll be home soon, i can't wait to get her there!!

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