Thursday, May 21, 2009

Finally home from Primary Childrens Hospital / The arrival of Brooklynn Camille Evans


A few mins. after being born, getting cleaned up


Me minutes after having Brooklynn

Them showing me her and then rushing her to the icu.

Me and Brooklynn

Proud Daddy
Our little family

lots of dark hair :)

Daddy and Brooklynn

4 lbs 14 oz 18 inches

Our beautiful girl!

What a loving big brother

Jaden is always so gentle and loving with his little sis

kisses for brooklynn

just chillin at primary chilrens hospital...

a big yawn and a stretch


brooklynn and mommy at primary childrens hospital

little tiny toesies

Well, as you all prolly know by now brooklynn had to go to primary childrens hospital last saturday. What happened was we had her home for about a day and a half and she seemed to get really cold and wasnt eating. So Saturday morning i had a strong feeling i should call the her pediatrician, so i did and we went in that morning, when we got there they took her temp and it was only 96 degrees. She had also continued to loose weight and was down to 4lbs 7 oz. They decided we needed to send her to primary childrens hospital, and then when they called the hospital they told us to send her up in an ambulance and to try to stabilize her temp.

I guess when a baby has a low or high temp they take it very seriously because it could range from a very bad infection or something serious that could kill them, all the way down to just being so small and the lack of body fat to keep them warm.

We got there and did a whole bunch of test including a lumbar puncture. :( (which in the end they couldnt use anyway because they couldnt get enough fluid, also when they put her iv in, no blood came out because her circulation was so bad)

In the end all her test came back fine and she has been eating a lot better and has been able to keep her temp up, so that is good. While we were there, her oxygen kept going down, prolly just because of her periodic breathing (which is where they stop breathing for a second and then breathe a whole bunch to catch up, and it is very normal, most babies do this) but still they told us they needed to watch her longer to make sure she kept coming back up on her own. In the end they just think her lungs are fully matured and we have her on the smallest amount of oxygen they can give anyone, not so much for the actual oxygen, just for the stimulation and to help her lungs develop (hopefully only a week, but we will see).

Anywho, we are all doing well now, and thank you guys for all your support and love. Its so nice to know that i have such a loving family and friends who are always there for me/us. We will keep u updated. :)

1 comment:

Kristy said...

Thanks for posting all the pictures! She looks like a cute little girl. So tiny! I'm glad she is eating better.

Kristy