Wednesday, February 23, 2011 (through) Thursday, February 24, 2011
Again there wasn't improvement in Keilin's condition, but on the hopeful side, there was no deterioration either. We felt so sorry for our tiny baby girl.
The doctor/nurses arranged for our overnight with Dominic. It was all finalized later in the afternoon. After going home for pjs, overnight pack, and Chris took his shower, we headed back to Sequoia about 11pm. By the time we got our room down the hall, got sheets on the beds, and settled down, it was nearly midnight. I fed Dominic and then we all tried to sleep.
Dominic did better than us. He was such a NOISY baby!!! At 3am he fed again, and we tried to sleep again. Poor Chris was on a cot that was totally uncomfortable. By 6am we'd had enough, so we took Dominic back to the nursery and then headed home to get breakfast and I took my shower.
When we got back to the nursery at 9am, the doctor met us and said she'd feel better if Keilin was transferred back to LPCH's NICU. She just wanted the main hospital to rule out (or rule "in") NEC. This was not what we wanted to hear. After I shed a few tears of fear, I went to call my mom, then my boss. I asked my boss to alert our boss (Dr. Prober) of the transfer and that if he had a moment, could he come visit us in the NICU in the afternoon. When I came out of the parents lounge, the Sequoia nurses had Chris surrounded and he was tearful. They had put on such solemn faces and kept saying "it's the best place for Keilin" and "she'll be okay," that they scared him!
The transport team arrived and by 11am they had Keilin loaded and were off to LPCH. We asked if Dominic could stay until we got things settled at LPCH - no problem. We then headed home for a quick bite of lunch then rushed down to Stanford and got there just behind Keilin. By the time we arrived, the nurse told us that they immediately ruled out NEC, but were thinking that it could be a milk protein allergy. They would start her back on my breast milk as soon as they had one blood-free diaper and start from there. There was discussion that I might have to change my diet - cutting out soy, milk, etc... Yikes.
Dr. Prober did come by and was comforting that it wasn't NEC. The nurse that had Keilin was nice and very reassuring. We stayed until late afternoon, then headed back home to get Dominic from Sequoia for our homecoming. To be honest it is all a blur, but we got him home and into the bassinet in our room. I think he probably slept 100x better than us that night!
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