Monday: We welcomed our beautiful baby girl. Jeremy gets to meet her.
Tuesday: My first time seeing Madelynn. I wasn't prepared for what one pound looked like. The pictures Jeremy showed me didn't give an adequate perspective. It really is love at first sight when one sees their child for the first time. Later in the evening Madelynn meets her Grandpa Bowden.
Wednesday: Madelynn continues to improve. She meets her grandparents Hurst and her Uncle Darren.
Thursday: Madelynn is very puffy. She is retaining all of her fluid because of the sodium levels. She is given sterile water to help remedy the problem. The treatment works, and her little body starts to lost the fluid weight that night. She meets her Aunt Elly.
Friday:She was given a heart echo and head ultrasound. The heart echo showed an open murmur. We were told it was common in preemies. They have two ways of treating the condition. One with Endison, and one with IB Profen. The endison takes one and a half days per course, where the IB Profen takes three days per course. We were asked to participate in a study. The researchers wanted us to use IB Profen. We were told to think it over, and let them know the next day. The head ultrasound was still pending. She meets her grandparents Jones. I was discharged from the hospital.
Saturday: We receive the results of the head ultrasound. No bleeding on her brain. We celebrate. It was the first test to come back negative. We decide on having her treated with the Endison. We wanted the fastest results, because we needed to know sooner rather than later if surgery would be necessary. We spoke with nurse practitioners, and the Neonatologists, and they felt Endison was the best way to go.
Sunday: She was given an echo. The murmur showed to have closed slightly. The doctors decide to follow through with the remaining courses of medication. She had a busy day of transfusions, medications, and labs.
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