Post by wildermom on Aug 12, 2015 6:38:23 GMT -5
I figure I'll just start a thread for Eliza here and I can update y'all a little easier.
We're headed in to the hospital now! Ekk! Scheduled for 9am so hopefully that'll stick (so hangry!!). Really not much of an idea of what to expect after that so I'm just praying things go smoothly and easily for both of us. I'll update when I can, ladies! Thanks for all your support!
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Talked to all the docs and all prepped.Still waiting on an OR to open up. I was told that I should be able to see her about 6-7 hours post op today so I'm excited about that. We weren't sure it was going to happen today!
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Eliza Grace was born at 10:36 this morning! She came out kicking and screaming. 7/8 on the Apgars and was grunting a little too. 6lbs 15oz and 19 inches. Soooo much fat and squishy!!!
I got to see her through the window on the drape and then they held her up to me before taking her to Children's. H went with her and has been back and forth quite a bit.
As far as mobility, she's showing tons of movement which is awesome. But the real test will be what happens after her back closure surgery since things can change then. Right now she's on a little oxygen to help with the grunting and fluid in her chest but it's really no big deal and should come out later today. She's having an ultrasound in a bit to check on her kidneys (just making sure) and her back and her brain ventricles. Neuro is over there now too so I'm waiting on a full report from H.
I'm out of recovery and in a regular room. Feeling okay. No nausea which is awesome, just soreness. I was told that I could try to get up in 2-3 hours and go visit her if I'm doing okay!!!!! I can't wait!!!! They also said if she was tolerating it, we might could hold her and possibly even try BF. It's really all dependent on her, which is fine.
I'll update more when I can!
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CSection at 10:30 and I was able to get up at 3:30 and go down to the nursery without much pain!
She's such a doll!! They aren't allowing her to eat right now because they're pretty sure she'll be having surgery tomorrow morning to close her back. I was able to meet with the plastics team and the neonatologist while I was there. They were impressed I was down there hanging out. Which made me feel good.
Surgery tomorrow will be a bit scary. They aren't sure about their approaches yet.
She is expected to have no movement from the waist down but currently she's displaying mostly full movement, including when you tickle the bottoms of her feet, which is pretty amazing. The real test will be what happens after her closure surgery since that can shock the nerves and sometimes change things.
Im feeling surprisingly awesom given that I had surgery 10 hours ago. Hopefully that won't be different in the next couple of days!
Be praying for our gal! I'll update again tomorrow after she's out of surgery!
We're headed in to the hospital now! Ekk! Scheduled for 9am so hopefully that'll stick (so hangry!!). Really not much of an idea of what to expect after that so I'm just praying things go smoothly and easily for both of us. I'll update when I can, ladies! Thanks for all your support!
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Talked to all the docs and all prepped.Still waiting on an OR to open up. I was told that I should be able to see her about 6-7 hours post op today so I'm excited about that. We weren't sure it was going to happen today!
*****
Eliza Grace was born at 10:36 this morning! She came out kicking and screaming. 7/8 on the Apgars and was grunting a little too. 6lbs 15oz and 19 inches. Soooo much fat and squishy!!!
I got to see her through the window on the drape and then they held her up to me before taking her to Children's. H went with her and has been back and forth quite a bit.
As far as mobility, she's showing tons of movement which is awesome. But the real test will be what happens after her back closure surgery since things can change then. Right now she's on a little oxygen to help with the grunting and fluid in her chest but it's really no big deal and should come out later today. She's having an ultrasound in a bit to check on her kidneys (just making sure) and her back and her brain ventricles. Neuro is over there now too so I'm waiting on a full report from H.
I'm out of recovery and in a regular room. Feeling okay. No nausea which is awesome, just soreness. I was told that I could try to get up in 2-3 hours and go visit her if I'm doing okay!!!!! I can't wait!!!! They also said if she was tolerating it, we might could hold her and possibly even try BF. It's really all dependent on her, which is fine.
I'll update more when I can!
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CSection at 10:30 and I was able to get up at 3:30 and go down to the nursery without much pain!
She's such a doll!! They aren't allowing her to eat right now because they're pretty sure she'll be having surgery tomorrow morning to close her back. I was able to meet with the plastics team and the neonatologist while I was there. They were impressed I was down there hanging out. Which made me feel good.
Surgery tomorrow will be a bit scary. They aren't sure about their approaches yet. She is expected to have no movement from the waist down but currently she's displaying mostly full movement, including when you tickle the bottoms of her feet, which is pretty amazing. The real test will be what happens after her closure surgery since that can shock the nerves and sometimes change things.
Im feeling surprisingly awesom given that I had surgery 10 hours ago. Hopefully that won't be different in the next couple of days!
Be praying for our gal! I'll update again tomorrow after she's out of surgery!
