Another good 24 hours for Maddie! She’s completely off all blood pressure and pain medications. The oxygen administered through her ventilator has now been reduced to the minimum level. Madeline is alert and opening her eyes a lot more now. Heather & Mike were allowed to bathe Maddie for the first time. They are very…
Maddie update from Heather’s dad
November 30th, 2007Comments: 0
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Maddie update from Heather’s dad
November 27th, 2007Comments: 0
The hospital called Heather & Mike around 5:45 this morning. Maddie had a very rough night last night. The doctors and nurses are having a hard time controlling her blood pressure and heart rate. As a result her blood oxygen saturation level was very low. A few steps backwards after a week where she appeared…
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NICU Day 14
November 26th, 2007Comments: 5
Yesterday we celebrated Maddie’s two week birthday, but I was the one who got the present. We have a routine down for our NICU life. We wake up every morning at 6:30 am and call the NICU to speak with the nurse that watched Maddie for the night. After we get the report of how…
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Coming off the drugs
November 25th, 2007Comments: 1
At the end of my C-Section surgery, the very nice anesthesiologist told me he was giving me morphine to help with my pain as the epidural wore off. At the time, I was just like, whatever is going to keep me pain-free. In the recovery room, I felt a bit itchy and mentioned it to…
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Maddie update from Heather’s dad
November 24th, 2007Comments: 0
Maddie had yet another good day & night. She’s off her blood pressure medication and about done with her jaundice treatments. Madeline made a little more progress when the line to her stomach through her umbilical cord was relocated to her arm. Kirk Copyright The Spohrs 2007 – 2008. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – that means…
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