7:24 a.m. "She's in surgery.......... no word yet......... "
The story behind the dog - when Logan was in NICU I bought him a little stuffed dog and his dog watched over him. And through it all when his mom and dad couldnt be there, his puppy kept him safe. And over the days, weeks, months in NICU we watched Logans dog shrink and our Logan grow.....so now Beth (Logan's Mom) bought Florence her own dog and now we have her watching over the baby.
8:58 a.m. "just got a call........ the baby is out of surgery. She lost some of her upper bowel, but it was re-sectioned as well as some of her other internal organs moved around (I can't remember which.... too emotional as I was listening to G.). They did go ahead and remove her appendix since they would have had to move it to the other side, and IF something had gone wrong, no one would have known where to look or what the problem was since the symptoms would have been different. Dr. says she will "eventually" be OK... and that she will stay in NICU at least thru Christmas, perhaps longer.
Sooooooooo.... Thank God our worst fears did not materialize and once more, thru the power of prayer, and the skill of the medical professionals, our family has been blessed with another miracle baby.
I will update as this goes along, and of course, we appreciate all the prayers and well wishes. She's not out of the woods completely but it's certainly a brighter day today :)
BG here...to complicate things more...I'll add Uncle G's (I must stop calling him that! He's Florence's Daddy!) ...I'll add whathisface's ;) emails to his mom.
YESTERDAY @ 11:38 am The baby has arrived 10:44 Don't know pounds or length yet but all looks good. She cried like crazy and raised all kinds of hell. She's amazing looks like Emelia, blond with long blond eyelashes.
She did it all on her own, determined little kid, and only a small amount of meds were needed to speed the process along. No inducing needed.
NICU Doctors said if they didn't know of the problems we faced they would have taken her to the nursery because of how strong she is. She's there now and getting looked over and evaluated. More to follow 2 to 3 hours!!
OMG do I love this baby!!
Today 7:16 am Florence goes into surgery at 8 am. Drs don't know what we are facing yet. Dr C said he has to open her up before he can tell how bad the intestine/bowel problem is. Will update later. Dr C said surgery should take 1 to 2 hours.
She's a beautiful baby - not blond like I thought, but looks a lot like Emelia.
Today 11:57 am She's out and back in NICU about 20 minutes ago. She had 2 blockages - which are called General Artesias. She lost about an inch or two of intestine. Dr C was able to resection the bowels in 2 places, untwist and reposition her guts, and did an appendectomy while he was in there. She should have no further problems. She will be in NICU a minimum of Christmas....sad to hear that but if that's it; we can handle it.
Big prayers were answered here. She could have had catastrophic loss of gut and major long term problems. What a blessing.
5 lbs 1 oz 19" long
Thanks for thinking about us and the prayers.
Me and the Girls
BG's final note...And now, Dear Prayer Warriors, you know ALL that I know, the whole enchilada. THANK YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN FOR PRAYERS!!!! Please do NOT stop ....
Another puppy. Heh. ;) You guys & gals are WONDERFUL Pray-ers!!! I love you all...BG