Two small miracles, and an awful lot of emotion

Maddy, since we have been home has had a steady climbing bili-ruben level. What does that mean? Her liver has had a hard time breaking down dead red blood cells, and for whatever reason ALL my children have had this scenerio. So on Sunday when we leave the hospital she was at 11.2, on Monday she is a 16.8, Tuesday 18.7 and Wednesday 20.4. Each day that she has climbed we have had to have her under more Photo-lights, so now we can't touch her unless it's feeding time, and everyday we have to take her down and watch her go through the pain of getting her blood drawn. Well today (like everyday) I was just too emotional to handle the fact that they not only needed a small vile of blood for her bili test but also THREE tubes for other tests the Dr.'s were interested in.

Long story short for the first time in a week they were able to find the smallest vein in her arm instead of squeezing her little foot. I was praying and crying so hard that those levels would just even out, but we were blessed with better than that. Today she is back to a 16. Yippee! So that means our little girl will not have to be admitted and have an IV!


The other miracle. I still can't believe the outcome (and my emotions are still out of control) I have had a really hard time breathing these last two days, I haven't felt right and finally after consulting my Dr. he said get to the ER. So I listened, we got there and my blood pressure was 187 over 108 (SUPER high) and they took it again to make sure it wasn't a fluke and my heart rate was only 40 (Super low). So the first thing the Dr. did was order a chest X-ray and blood work. The x-ray came back ok, but the blood work didn't. He was worried I had a clot in my lungs and the blood work showed that something was there, "Extremely elevated levels" was how he described the test to hint him to the blood clot. So sure that this was the problem he talked to Maddy's pediatrician to have her be able to stay with me in the hospital amongst other arrangements. Well I did the CT scan where they inject die into your lungs to check for clots and NOTHING. Yep, NOTHING. He was blown away. I stil can see that look on his face. He could not believe the test results, but I could, I knew my prayers were answered. The last thing I wanted to be was away from my little family. They came to the conclusion it was a skelital matter and now I will be going to Physical Therapy to try to fix the damage this pregnancy has done on my body. All I can say is keep the Motrin coming!

Thank you for all the prayers that were had in my behalf. I had no idea all my family knew and was praying for me, and my sweet husband said he called in a "solid" from the Big man upstairs. I love all of you and I am SO SO SO SO grateful to have such an amazing support system. And thank you to my Mom who had the kids all day.