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My Due Date: July 19, 2015I have given birth!
Age: 39 years old
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An Evening at Seattle Children's Hospital (update in comments)
By rcorinne » Posted Jul. 24, 2015 9:12am - 595 views - 12 comments
Where to begin? Well, we went to an appointment with a pediatrician on Wednesday to check up on Emma sooner than her 7-10 day because of her NICU stay. The doctor we saw was great. She was more like an empathetic mom than physician. She said Emma looked healthy on all respects. We were all relieved especially that her weight was just half an ounce shy of her birth weight. Such a great breast feeder. Unfortunately, she called us up later in the day to say Emma had an abnormal result on one of her newborn screening tests. They were going to rerun the test and get back to us. On Thursday afternoon we got the call that her C8 result was still abnormal and we had to go to the hospital via the ER to get her further testing ASAP, without rushing, no actual emergency yet, just serious enough to need to be seen that evening. We got a fairly incompetent nurse who tried and failed to collect sufficient volume of urine and blood from Emma. Long story short: urine catheter fail, 3 pokes for blood (2 out of 3 fail), 2 different taped on urine collection bags, 2 feedings, and several hours later allowed to go home. All of the initial test results have come back normal, but we must wait for the rest. Our instructions: feed her often. She is soooooo good, ladies. I am extremely blessed with a chill baby (so far). Today we have hearing test scheduled. Also, we'll take her to DH's work to show off and fill out insurance paperwork.
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An Evening at Seattle Children's Hospital (update in comments)
By rcorinne » Posted Jul. 24, 2015 9:12am - 595 views - 12 comments
Where to begin? Well, we went to an appointment with a pediatrician on Wednesday to check up on Emma sooner than her 7-10 day because of her NICU stay. The doctor we saw was great. She was more like an empathetic mom than physician. She said Emma looked healthy on all respects. We were all relieved especially that her weight was just half an ounce shy of her birth weight. Such a great breast feeder. Unfortunately, she called us up later in the day to say Emma had an abnormal result on one of her newborn screening tests. They were going to rerun the test and get back to us. On Thursday afternoon we got the call that her C8 result was still abnormal and we had to go to the hospital via the ER to get her further testing ASAP, without rushing, no actual emergency yet, just serious enough to need to be seen that evening. We got a fairly incompetent nurse who tried and failed to collect sufficient volume of urine and blood from Emma. Long story short: urine catheter fail, 3 pokes for blood (2 out of 3 fail), 2 different taped on urine collection bags, 2 feedings, and several hours later allowed to go home. All of the initial test results have come back normal, but we must wait for the rest. Our instructions: feed her often. She is soooooo good, ladies. I am extremely blessed with a chill baby (so far). Today we have hearing test scheduled. Also, we'll take her to DH's work to show off and fill out insurance paperwork.
Comments for this Journal Entry
 | Comment from MalPal85 » Posted Jul. 24, 2015 10:10am Sorry you had to go through all of that. Glad she is doing well though. |
 | Comment from rcorinne » Posted Jul. 24, 2015 10:00am Supposedly this is a metabolic issue, something to do with fatty acids. Even the doctors weren't sure. A specialist will hopefully follow up with us soon. Perhaps today, Summer, if not, Monday... |
 | Comment from pbc910 » Posted Jul. 24, 2015 9:43am Hate to hear you all to do all this but so glad to hear how well she was taking it. It's never fun to watch a baby have to go through all that. Hopefully everything continues to come back normal! |
 | Comment from Summer0120 » Posted Jul. 24, 2015 9:31am When will you get results from the tests? What abnormalities are they talking about? |
