So, the update. Finally. Kiera is sick, and she missed her nap, so it was not a happy day for miss Kiera. Now that things feel calm is a better time to blog.
So, about Cambrie. Her surgery was 2 days ago. She was still nauseated coming out of surgery, and she had instuctions NOT to throw up, (not to use the stomach muscles they had to cut). So Cambrie asked them to give her drugs to knock her out for the next 24 hours. So she woke up yesterday afternoon. She was sore, and nauseated still...it was a difficult day.
Today she is doing better than yesterday. Her back hurts from not being able to sit up straight (because the stomach hurts), she has a low grade fever, which was coming down when I left. She still has nausea, but it is much better than it was yesterday. Actually she explained that to me. She says that the reason that the tube into the intestine is supposed to be better than TPN, is because it is constantly being fed in. When you are pregnant, when your blood sugar drops too low (and it doesn't have to be that low), it makes you nautious. And if you eat after you got to low, it comes back up: Thus the purpose for eating a cracker before you get out of bed, for those of you who have heard that. So the advantage of being constantly fed with a tube feeding is that the blood sugar doesn't drop and cause nausea. So, why she is doing better. So her spirits are up more today. Still, she has been in the hospital for 3 weeks now...which would be rough on me, even if I wasn't sick!
Maybe she will be able to come home around Tues. I hope for her sake. But it has challenges too. First, it would be bad if she gets Kiera's bug with her incision still that fresh, and I don't know how we are going to keep Kiera from pulling on the tube that is going into mommies tummy...suggestions, anyone? Babies love to explore new stuff...
So, about Cambrie. Her surgery was 2 days ago. She was still nauseated coming out of surgery, and she had instuctions NOT to throw up, (not to use the stomach muscles they had to cut). So Cambrie asked them to give her drugs to knock her out for the next 24 hours. So she woke up yesterday afternoon. She was sore, and nauseated still...it was a difficult day.
Today she is doing better than yesterday. Her back hurts from not being able to sit up straight (because the stomach hurts), she has a low grade fever, which was coming down when I left. She still has nausea, but it is much better than it was yesterday. Actually she explained that to me. She says that the reason that the tube into the intestine is supposed to be better than TPN, is because it is constantly being fed in. When you are pregnant, when your blood sugar drops too low (and it doesn't have to be that low), it makes you nautious. And if you eat after you got to low, it comes back up: Thus the purpose for eating a cracker before you get out of bed, for those of you who have heard that. So the advantage of being constantly fed with a tube feeding is that the blood sugar doesn't drop and cause nausea. So, why she is doing better. So her spirits are up more today. Still, she has been in the hospital for 3 weeks now...which would be rough on me, even if I wasn't sick!
Maybe she will be able to come home around Tues. I hope for her sake. But it has challenges too. First, it would be bad if she gets Kiera's bug with her incision still that fresh, and I don't know how we are going to keep Kiera from pulling on the tube that is going into mommies tummy...suggestions, anyone? Babies love to explore new stuff...
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