Mummy's birthday

Today hasn't been the best birthday I've ever had. We left little man last night with quite a bloated little tummy. The air from the CPAP machine causes them to have a 'CPAP' belly, which is why they put his gastric tube up to allow the air to be burped out. Because his tummy is so full of air it puts pressure on his lungs and he has to work harder to breathe, and starts misbehaving a little.

We got a call through the night to say they had taken 65 mls of air from his tummy and given him an X-ray of his bowel, which showed a pocket of air in one of his bowel loops, which essentially needs to be farted out. They started antibiotics as his infection level had increased and he is now on two lots of antibiotics to catch the infection should there be one. They have stopped his feeds for now and put him back on TPN. Yesterday he had increased his milk to 18 mls two hourly due to his large weight gain..he weighed in at 1330grams. No cuddles today sadly.

We met a few friends and family for a birthday lunch which was lovely, but I wasn't my happy self which I apologise to everyone for. When we returned to the hospital, he had been returned to the ventilator, which we knew was a possibility. This will just make everything easier for him and give him a little rest while his tummy sorts itself out. With this, his oxygen has come down to 22% and he is looking a better colour this evening. He may need another blood transfusion in the morning to boost his blood levels a little due to taking so much of it last night and today. He has had an arterial line put back in to take bloods and a couple of cannulas in his arms for the antibiotics and intravenous fluids. He has had another wee bag put on his pecker to test his urine and has had a swab taken of his skin, just to rule out every possible infection. Poor little tike has had quite the busy day.

I have been very spoiled by friends and family today and am lucky to have such wonderful people in my life. Daddy and Jensen even made a secret trip to Tiffany's with grandma and grandad for a beautiful bracelet and necklace for mummy's birthday. When we arrived this morning there was also a card in Jensen's crib for me, with his little footprints inside (wondering how they got this done without me noticing, and how I didn't see his little red feet after footprints).

Thank you to everyone for sharing their time and well wishes for my birthday today. I love you all and look forward to many happier days ahead with you all very soon. Most of all thank you to Phil for trying to make my day a happy one, loving me and spoiling me. I love you darling.

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