Post by moxy on Feb 11, 2015 11:53:33 GMT -5
Leo is doing great! His blood flow studies came back at about the same yesterday which showed some improvement.
It's still not awesome. BUT the pressure to the umbilicus is normal and the MCA (brain arteries) it's just this damn ductus that goes from the heart to the liver that looks like it's problematic. We found out on Sunday that the steroids could have caused a temporary improvement but they just don't know. Either way it's bought us time which is the good news.
Right now I have pretty much free reign as long as I am in my room at 6, 2 and 10p for monitoring which they do for an hour.Yesterday and today his heart monitoring looked ok but he's showing small decels and now they are growing worried that he isn't having enough accelerations. He's still measuring at 1lb which means if he was born now he'd have to fight like hell.
I feel like every win is followed by a wtf does that mean moment. General feeling is that it is placenta related and that its just a matter of time.
I am trying to stay positive but damn if there aren't moments where I want to just say IM DONE!
.......
UPDATE!
We had a blood flow study on Friday and because the blood flow now looks normal we were sent home!
This means that we've at least bought him some time. Because of the Iugr they have warned that 32-34 weeks is about the limit but until then we can ride it out at home unless one of our studies come back with poor results.
Our projected schedule for the studies will be mon/wed/ fri which will be tiring since its 2 hours away but at least it means going home if all is well. In the meantime, I'm adjusting to modified bed rest which is a challenge
Ty all for your T&P and not so creepy net hugs!
It's still not awesome. BUT the pressure to the umbilicus is normal and the MCA (brain arteries) it's just this damn ductus that goes from the heart to the liver that looks like it's problematic. We found out on Sunday that the steroids could have caused a temporary improvement but they just don't know. Either way it's bought us time which is the good news.
Right now I have pretty much free reign as long as I am in my room at 6, 2 and 10p for monitoring which they do for an hour.Yesterday and today his heart monitoring looked ok but he's showing small decels and now they are growing worried that he isn't having enough accelerations. He's still measuring at 1lb which means if he was born now he'd have to fight like hell.
I feel like every win is followed by a wtf does that mean moment. General feeling is that it is placenta related and that its just a matter of time.
I am trying to stay positive but damn if there aren't moments where I want to just say IM DONE!
.......
UPDATE!
We had a blood flow study on Friday and because the blood flow now looks normal we were sent home!
This means that we've at least bought him some time. Because of the Iugr they have warned that 32-34 weeks is about the limit but until then we can ride it out at home unless one of our studies come back with poor results.
Our projected schedule for the studies will be mon/wed/ fri which will be tiring since its 2 hours away but at least it means going home if all is well. In the meantime, I'm adjusting to modified bed rest which is a challenge
Ty all for your T&P and not so creepy net hugs!