The results from Jordyn's head are not showing any extra bleeding. It is still a grade 4 but it's not any worse than it was on Tuesday night. They will keep monitoring it to make sure there isn't any swelling or pressure on the brain. She does have to have the surgery on her heart to close the PDA duct. It is scheduled for tomorrow morning at 7:30. It's a pretty low risk surgery, but the one main risk is that they could bump one of her vocal chord nerves which could affect the way her voice sounds. Everyone keeps assuring us that they do this surgery all the time and they've never lost a baby during it. They are going to make a 1 centimeter incision and put in a tiny clip on the duct. The clip is tinier than a staple and will stay with her always.
Addison's blood pressure keeps fluctuating last night and today. The nurses have been giving her pain medication and/or sedatives and that brings it back down again. The doctor said she was going to just keep watching it.
Here are some pictures that we took last night for comparison purposes.
Nana next to Addison.
Both our hands holding Addisons.
The nurses said many people put $1 next to their babies so you get a good idea of their size. This is Addison.
2 comments:
Holly and Bert - Know you and your cute family are in my thoughts and prayers. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help out. - Jenn
Thank you for keeping the blog updated Bert. Chris and I are thinking of all of you in this hard time. I hope to hear good news in the next few days.
All our love,
Sam
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