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She is transported to a nearby level 4 infant intensive / trauma center unit. I suddenly remember how to outdrive Mario andretti. I look at amy and we telepathicly knew what i must do.
Off I go. Upon arrival I find my baby girl in an incubal unit with wires ,tubes and her little baby elephant toy my daughter gave her just a few short hours ago. I was greeted by a team of seurgons and the anomolies explained in a OR breifing room.
She has two anomolies that happen in one out of every 5000 births. Life threatening indeed but crrectable. This process requires immediate major surgery. 7. 5 hours come to find out. Her esophogus had made an incomplete and alternative connection. She was breathing but with every breath drawn the intestinal tract was being pressurised and stomach gasses and acids can and will find their way into her lungs. First proceedure required disconnecting esophogus and making a proper stomach connection.
The second anomoly was present. Her lower intestinal tract was incomplete. Incomplete just after the colon. They need to do an emergency colostomy. Being a newborn only a few hours old this is of course off the chart in risk. Again Tim feels lifeless and I do not hear any words . . just mouths moving. They start a major IV called a Pic line
(I myself have had a Broviac cathedor installed when I was eight. A broviac is an IV inserted thru the juggular into your aortic artery>) That was option # 2 Both of which have staying power (much longer than 3 days with standard IV needle style) But they needed scans to find out which to go with due to where the esophogal anomoly is locted. A Pic lin is an IV that is sent in thru anothe main vein the same way just a different locatio like arm , or leg.
She is stabilized and I bring her down to he O. R with th attending Floor nurse @ 9:07 a. M sunday Morning (Still awake from thursday and) The handoff is complete. An emotional mes I wear a grove in the commecrical tile before I was convinced by my father in law to go to the cafe to get some food and rest. Food I did rest not.
While pacing for the next 6. 5 hours I get the greeting I was hoping for for what seemed like an eternitty.
Off I go. Upon arrival I find my baby girl in an incubal unit with wires ,tubes and her little baby elephant toy my daughter gave her just a few short hours ago. I was greeted by a team of seurgons and the anomolies explained in a OR breifing room.
She has two anomolies that happen in one out of every 5000 births. Life threatening indeed but crrectable. This process requires immediate major surgery. 7. 5 hours come to find out. Her esophogus had made an incomplete and alternative connection. She was breathing but with every breath drawn the intestinal tract was being pressurised and stomach gasses and acids can and will find their way into her lungs. First proceedure required disconnecting esophogus and making a proper stomach connection.
The second anomoly was present. Her lower intestinal tract was incomplete. Incomplete just after the colon. They need to do an emergency colostomy. Being a newborn only a few hours old this is of course off the chart in risk. Again Tim feels lifeless and I do not hear any words . . just mouths moving. They start a major IV called a Pic line
(I myself have had a Broviac cathedor installed when I was eight. A broviac is an IV inserted thru the juggular into your aortic artery>) That was option # 2 Both of which have staying power (much longer than 3 days with standard IV needle style) But they needed scans to find out which to go with due to where the esophogal anomoly is locted. A Pic lin is an IV that is sent in thru anothe main vein the same way just a different locatio like arm , or leg.
She is stabilized and I bring her down to he O. R with th attending Floor nurse @ 9:07 a. M sunday Morning (Still awake from thursday and) The handoff is complete. An emotional mes I wear a grove in the commecrical tile before I was convinced by my father in law to go to the cafe to get some food and rest. Food I did rest not.
While pacing for the next 6. 5 hours I get the greeting I was hoping for for what seemed like an eternitty.
