Maddie update from Heather’s dad

November 22, 2007

Maddie had a relatively good night. Some treatments were reduced and tolerated. She’s being given two medications…an antibiotic and one to close a valve in her heart which they previously wanted left open. This little bit of progress makes our Thanksgiving that much more meaningful. Copyright The Spohrs 2007 – 2008. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – [...]

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Maddie update from Heather’s dad

November 21, 2007

We were all told from the start that Madeline’s experience would be a roller coaster and that sometimes two steps forward might be followed by 7 steps back. Last night was a rough one for Maddie. She started to de-stat and had to be put back on blood pressure medication and her ventilation increased. They [...]

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Ups and Downs

November 21, 2007

We knew that life in the NICU would be full of ups and downs. Lots of times babies will make progress in one area only to have something else go wrong. Madeline has had lots of ups and downs the last few days. First, the ups. She is responding to Mike and I so much. [...]

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Maddie update from Heather’s dad

November 20, 2007

Maddie had an interesting day yesterday. She’s been on a small amount of blood pressure medication but that was stopped yesterday and she tolerated the change well. She has an aggressive doctor who would like to ween her completely from the ventilator but there are still some small, stubborn pockets of air. To that end [...]

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NICU Day 8

November 19, 2007

The following is one of the posts I wrote for my wife’s website, www.thespohrsaremultiplying.com, during Maddie’s ten-week stay in the NICU. Yesterday at 4:22 marked Madeline’s completion of her first full week of life! She is now well into her second week, and she is continuing to make progress. Some days (such as Saturday) the [...]

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NICU Day 8

November 19, 2007

Yesterday at 4:22 marked Madeline’s completion of her first full week of life! She is now well into her second week, and she is continuing to make progress. Some days (such as Saturday) the doctors were not able to ween her off any of her Dopamine medication (for blood pressure) or to lower her ventilator [...]

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