too much good news

we got so caught up in all the good news of  late that we almost forgot how this lovely life in the NICU really works!  But don’t worry….we were reminded today and abruptly brought back down to reality!! 

Karsyn had her follow up eye appointment this morning and it wasn’t good.  Not only had the one eye they were watching gotten MUCH worse, but the other eye decided to join it.  The Dr. decided she needed to have the laser surgery today.  So the day was a bit of a whirlwind preparing her for surgery, figuring out when it would be and all that fun stuff.  They had to put her under for the procedure and of course had to intubate her.  They went in with a laser and basically deadened the area where her blood vessels were going a little crazy.  This was in hopes to keep them from growing and causing her retinas to detach.  Most of the time this surgery does the trick.  Of course there are those situations where it doesn’t and further surgery is required but let’s hope for the best!!!  Having this surgery and or this issue does somewhat increase her chances for needing glasses at an early age, but that was already a big possibility just because of her prematurity.  When we left tonight she was still on the ventilator but they hoped to be able to take her off at some point tonight.  They were going to start her back on her feeds and hopefully get her back to where she was as quickly as possible. 

AND

Dr. Dowser, the neurosurgeon, came by this morning and said that her head felt a little more full that it had been and that he wanted a head ultrasound tomorrow morning to check her ventricles.  He said he thought we might need the reservoir after all.  When it rains it pours!  My response was “Can’t we just go ahead and do it today so I can get 2 for the price of 1 on the anesthesia?”  Of course I was kidding….kinda!  SO we will see what tomorrow brings.  I hate to think of her having to be put under and put back on the ventilator twice in one week, but God has a plan and I’m just along for the ride!!!

Because Karsyn’s eyes got so much worse so fast they’re going to go ahead and check Kaden’s eyes again tomorrow.  I’m actually very glad about this…just a little peace of mind!!

So please keep on praying!  Not that any of you had stopped!  Pray for Kaden’s eyes, and they’re hoping to move him to a CPAP of 6 tomorrow so hopefully he tolerates that well.  Pray for Karsyn that she recover well and get back to where she was quickly and that she is pain free tonight.  Pray that her head ultrasound gives us proof one way or the other of what needs to be done. 

I’m going to bed!! A 12 hour shift at the hospital today was a little rough!  I have no idea how the nurses do it!!!!