Prayers needed.

Right on Jeff. Good to hear that both are doing ok. They do wonders these days with neonatal care, keep the faith. Congrats to you and your wife.
 
Fantastic!! Made my day!!!

Congratulations Jeff!!!! :congrats: :congrats:
 
JeffBoyette said:
My daughter was delivered via C-Section 6:22pm Cec 18, at 30 weeks and 1 day. 3lb 1.4 oz and 16 inches long. Shes is in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Sacred Heart Pensacola. She came out screaming with a good set of lungs, but she still has a battle ahead of her. Thanks for the prayers of protection for my wife. She is sore but healing, and we are very thankful and happy.

I will post pictures of her soon.
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Sorry I missed this till now. Great news and we will keep praying for a full uneventful recovery for both your child and your wife.
 
Glad it went well, prayers for all! Merry Christmas :D :rock:
 
Katie is off the ventilator. The oxygen came off this morning. The tube in her nose comes off tonight. Her digestive system woke up in spite of the single umbilical artery. No currently known medical problems. Blood pressure is coming up and breathing stabilized. She's taking 10cc's of moms breastmilk every 3 hours and has an appetite. Mommy is making more milk then she can consume. She opened her eyes today and has developed her grasping reflex. she's known as princess in ICU because of her don't disturb me have it my way attitude, but she calms instantly and smiles with a touch.
Tonight momma and I get to hold her for the first time and change her diaper. Healthy happy and growing, she's a testament to prayers answered. Thanks again everyone.
 
JeffBoyette said:
Katie is off the ventilator. The oxygen came off this morning. The tube in her nose comes off tonight. Her digestive system woke up in spite of the single umbilical artery. No currently known medical problems. Blood pressure is coming up and breathing stabilized. She's taking 10cc's of moms breastmilk every 3 hours and has an appetite. Mommy is making more milk then she can consume. She opened her eyes today and has developed her grasping reflex. she's known as princess in ICU because of her don't disturb me have it my way attitude, but she calms instantly and smiles with a touch.
Tonight momma and I get to hold her for the first time and change her diaper. Healthy happy and growing, she's a testament to prayers answered. Thanks again everyone.
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Well, Merry Christmas to you, your wife, and Katie. It sounds as if it's going to be a wonderful one.
 
Sorry for the delay on the update.

Where to start.....

Wife: 2 1/2 days after the emergency Csection. Still hasnt seen a doctor. Dont know what the doctor looks like or even their name, that did the surgery (never met or spoke before), and it took me raising hell to get someone to come see her.

They tried from the 18th to the 25th to get her blood pressure under control. every 12 hours a different "doctor" in clinicals, whom we never seen before, stopped by the room and disagreed with the medicine the last doctor treated her with. Changed it. They never got a handle on the blood pressure, but dismissed her christmas night on 800mg of tramedol every 8 hrs. THE MAXIMUM dose. Called and called every day to get her an app to have her monitored. Earliest they could get her in was JAN 15!

Today we were at target and she nearly passed out. Blood pressure was 80/43. Took her to ER. 90 people with the flu, measles, chickenpox, and blood on the floor. So we left. Went to the doctors office, he freaked and took her off all medicine.

Baby: Where to start?
Day 2 started a gavage feeding tube in her stomach, Put a IV line through her arm all the way to her heart, fed her 3cc of formula 12 hours later 6cc of formula colostrum mix, 12 hours later 9 cc of Breastmilk fortified with vitamins.

The baby was so doped up on the magnesium sulfate drip. My wife was on for 7 days to prevent seizures resulting from 215/115 bloop pressures. My daughters intestines was still "asleep" 5 liters of air pumped through the tube in her nose inflated her stomach. The mix of different foods brought on too fast caused severe indigestion. She swelled up like an ethiopian!

They stopped feeding for 3 days. All the air pumped in her stomach killed off the good bacteria and this bacteria took over. A test came back positive for KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE! It was causing Necrotizing Enterocolitis, rotting her intestines. All the air pumped in her stomach killed off the good bacteria and this bacteria took over. The fear is her needing surgery to cut out the dead intestines.

The next day the bacteria wound up in her blood causing Sepsis. They put her on 3 antibiotics through the IV for 14 days with no food. Totalling 17 days without milk or formula, to let her stomach rest.

The stress on her system caused Patent Ductus Arteriosis. A Artery in her heart opened up and is starving her vital organs of Oxygen. They will have to do heart surgery in the next few weeks to close it.

As a result of the oxygen deprivation her brain ultrasound came back questionable. They found a spot of increased density on the lower section of her brain thought to be a lesion caused from the PDA. Doctor said not to worry about it. Yeah right!

They had to remove the Picc line (IV into her heart) and put in a tube through her nose to suck her stomach and intestines dry. The next day....., we found her quarantined and the nurses in full suits. They tested her positive for MRSA. Which is a Staph infection on crack!

It seems like everything that is happening to my family is a result of improper care!
 
JeffBoyette said:
Sorry for the delay on the update.

Where to start.....

Wife: 2 1/2 days after the emergency Csection. Still hasnt seen a doctor. Dont know what the doctor looks like or even their name, that did the surgery (never met or spoke before), and it took me raising hell to get someone to come see her.

They tried from the 18th to the 25th to get her blood pressure under control. every 12 hours a different "doctor" in clinicals, whom we never seen before, stopped by the room and disagreed with the medicine the last doctor treated her with. Changed it. They never got a handle on the blood pressure, but dismissed her christmas night on 800mg of tramedol every 8 hrs. THE MAXIMUM dose. Called and called every day to get her an app to have her monitored. Earliest they could get her in was JAN 15!

Today we were at target and she nearly passed out. Blood pressure was 80/43. Took her to ER. 90 people with the flu, measles, chickenpox, and blood on the floor. So we left. Went to the doctors office, he freaked and took her off all medicine.

Baby: Where to start?
Day 2 started a gavage feeding tube in her stomach, Put a IV line through her arm all the way to her heart, fed her 3cc of formula 12 hours later 6cc of formula colostrum mix, 12 hours later 9 cc of Breastmilk fortified with vitamins.

The baby was so doped up on the magnesium sulfate drip. My wife was on for 7 days to prevent seizures resulting from 215/115 bloop pressures. My daughters intestines was still "asleep" 5 liters of air pumped through the tube in her nose inflated her stomach. The mix of different foods brought on too fast caused severe indigestion. She swelled up like an ethiopian!

They stopped feeding for 3 days. All the air pumped in her stomach killed off the good bacteria and this bacteria took over. A test came back positive for KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE! It was causing Necrotizing Enterocolitis, rotting her intestines. All the air pumped in her stomach killed off the good bacteria and this bacteria took over. The fear is her needing surgery to cut out the dead intestines.

The next day the bacteria wound up in her blood causing Sepsis. They put her on 3 antibiotics through the IV for 14 days with no food. Totalling 17 days without milk or formula, to let her stomach rest.

The stress on her system caused Patent Ductus Arteriosis. A Artery in her heart opened up and is starving her vital organs of Oxygen. They will have to do heart surgery in the next few weeks to close it.

As a result of the oxygen deprivation her brain ultrasound came back questionable. They found a spot of increased density on the lower section of her brain thought to be a lesion caused from the PDA. Doctor said not to worry about it. Yeah right!

They had to remove the Picc line (IV into her heart) and put in a tube through her nose to suck her stomach and intestines dry. The next day....., we found her quarantined and the nurses in full suits. They tested her positive for MRSA. Which is a Staph infection on crack!

It seems like everything that is happening to my family is a result of improper care!
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I pray before God that His protection and healing will be upon them both.

And that you'll have a doctor come out of no where who will properly diagnose and treat your wife and baby.......

Likewise, I pray that God will bring you supernatural peace that transecends your understanding in defense of these attacks on your family, your mind and spirit too, Jeff.

In Jesus Name.......

Tim
 
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Boy Jeff, reading that post just broke my heart. I'm not sure what to say, other than to tell you to do all that you can to stay strong, your girls need that right now. I wish there was something I could do to magically fix it all for you guys. About all I can do is tell you that I will be here for you to lean on if you want that. Best of luck to you and yours.
 
I pray that they will heal and survive the ordeal they are both going through.

Jeff my thoughts and prayers are with you and the family.

May God bless and keep you all, this is truly the age of miracles and I hope you have several coming.
 
Prayers and thoughts going out to you and your family in this tough ordeal. I hope for the best for you guys. I am sure its tough. I just cant imagine all that. I am sooo sorry that you all have to go thru that.
 
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