April 9, 2008 Regression Day

Hello everyone, Sorry for not posting the blog last night, Kaydence had a rough day. The day started great and we made it to the hospital for her rounds and the doctors said that she was doing great. It was good news! Then Larry got to hold her and I left the two of them to use the restroom. Within a few minutes, Kaydence "bradied" in his arms. (That is where her heart rate drops almost to stopping) Larry went in a panic and they had to call in the medical staff to bag her and try to get her heart going again. The bradying also caused her to d-sat, which means that her oxygen saturation dropped, so she wasn't getting enough oxygen. Larry tried everything to find me, but couldn't. The medical staff came running in and were working on her while Larry was looking for me. He actually walked right where I was but missed me because the restroom apparently said VACANT (we later realized that it was broken). I walked back in to see Kaydence just after the team stabilized her and had left. The nurse asked me if Larry had found me, and started to explain what had happened. I was just struck again by the news and didn't know how to react. Larry walked in shortly after the nurse was talking to me and I could see how shaken he was. I have never seen him like that, and I felt helpless on how to help him. I feel guilty that I wasn't there, but Larry was thankful that I wasn't.

They stabilized her and she was became very tipkitnic (breathing really fast). They had to give her another I.V. of glucose water to get some kcals in her. She was extremely tired and unresponsive to us. They said that the baby corrects themselves, it is just a matter of getting them to do it. Her coloration went to a yellowish tint because of all the toxins that her little body released trying to correct herself. She needed lots of rest, and time to recover from her traumatic episode.

We returned to Martinsburg to re-stock on clothes and supplies to get us through the week, and that trip turned out to be just a huge headache as well. We got into the driveway and saw water coming from the garage. Larry went into the garage and found that the outlet to our freezer had went bad and the freezer had thawed out. We salvaged what we could and Larry found another outlet that worked. While plugging it in to the other outlet, our deep fryer fell and we now have grease all over our garage!! Larry was so frustrated and started to loose his faith. He was so upset and told the garage how angry he was on the top of his lungs!! Needless to say, I did not go out there. I know that it was just a collection of the entire week on him, and today was the straw that broke his back. We had lumber that fell in the garage and hurt his shoulder as well. His blow-up made me a very emotional woman, and I could not control my tears. It took him about an hour after that, but he bounced back and was his normal loving self.

I am feeling the effects of my surgery and am in a lot of pain. Larry is still telling me I am doing too much, and I know that I have been working off of adrenaline the past 8 days. It is all starting to catch up to me, and I am slowing down and sitting more. I know that I am not going to get better if I don't slow down.

When we got back to the hospital, Larry got to help the nurse with the DIAPER CHANGE. It was the first time Larry EVER changed a diaper. Kaydence on cue, pooed all over the place when Larry was changing her (and it was the good first few poops with the maconium). So, not only was it the first diaper change for him, it was a poopy one. I think that that is just too funny of a story not to share with everyone.

Update:
Removed the drain from her leg from the surgery
Passed 3 more stools
Eyes open and more alert
She is swallowing and hoping to eat tomorrow
Coloration is still yellow
Her breathing is still abnormal
After the Bradie she is sleeping a lot and not moving much

At 2:30 a.m. we were sleeping and the phone rang...both of our heart's sank. It was a resident at the hospital and said that Kaydence had to have the breathing vent put back in. He said that she was working too hard to breathe on her own and that she still needed some assistance to breathe to relieve some stress on her little body.

We will continue to update. Please continue your prayers and thank you all for all of the support that our family is receiving in this time of need.