Update on Carson (Day 6)

Carson is making progress.  I was discharged from the hospital Tuesday afternoon and then Kent and I spent the day in Provo at the NICU.  Tuesday (Day 4) was an awful day for me.  They ended up putting Carson on oxygen because he kept forgetting to breathe.  They said that because of his severe anemia and the exchange blood transfusion, that he was just plain wiped out and that they thought they were pushing him too hard with his feeds.  At that point they were only doing bottles and nursing.  So on Tuesday we opted for an NG Tube to be put in.  This is where a tube goes up their nose and down to their stomach and they give him my milk through that tube.  This way he could rest in between nursing when I was there, instead of always having to drink a bottle.  So now he's got oxygen in his nose, plus an NG tube, plus on Tuesday when I got to the hospital I was shocked to see an IV in his head.  As a mother it's devastating to see your baby with a needle in their head and tubes everywhere.  Not to mention tape all over his face and head.  Then coming home with no baby was beyond depressing.  At about 10:30 that night I couldn't control my emotions anymore.  My friend in the ward happened to call right then and I just lost it.  Her and her husband came over right then and Kent and Him gave me a blessing.  I was able to calm down and have had pretty good spirits since.  It helps that Carson has been improving since Tuesday.  The IV in his head went bad, so they moved it to his arm, and now today it is completely out because he is no longer on any fluids, just straight breast milk.  YAY!!!!   His Bilirubin is at 9.6 and his Hemoglobin is at 15.9.   Both of these numbers are looking great.  I'm hoping that the anemia is taken care of and doesn't come back.  He's only under 1 light.  Down from 6 lights, and his levels are still improving.  We are hoping he will be sent home maybe Sunday, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up.  Also, I'm scared to death of bringing him home.  So I want him to be good and ready.  Thanks to my Sister Shayla and my Mom, Kent and I have been able to spend several hours at the hospital each day.  Before he leaves, I have to go spend 2 days straight down there.  They give me a room to sleep in and I will nurse him around that clock.  If he does well, then they send him home.  That's after the oxygen and lights and everything else are taken care of.   Anyways, he's making good progress, and all these little details are just so that I don't forget.  We are off to the hospital again.

Poor Baby!  He's such a little trooper and hardly ever cries though. 

Daddy loves his little man