Today was Reed's baby shower and there was close to 100 people there! I made the 2 cakes and although it took me upwards of 6 hours, it was well worth it because Kaylie & Ryan loved it! Reed weighs 2 pounds 10 ounces today!
Our little Reed is officially one week old. The results of his ECHO showed a PDA (patent ductus arteriosus) and an ASD (atrial septal defect) but both are mild and require no intervention right now. He is taking 4ml of breast milk down his NG tube every 3 hours and weighs 1100 grams today which translates to about 2 pounds 7 ounces. He is allowed to be taken out of his isolette to be held now and he loves to be cuddled. I went down on my break and he was wide awake for me and HUNGRY....he was trying to shove both his hands in his mouth along with my finger. Kaylie got her staples out yesterday and gets her braces on today.
Sorry but MiMi is a day behind in updates. Reed had to be put on CPAP Tuesday because he was getting tired and forgetting to breathe. He did really well and came off of it yesterday after getting caffeine doses started. He is under the bili lights for jaundice and looks so cute with his eye covers on, the nurses write little sayings on them and his nurse last night drew eyelashes on it too! He had his ultrasound of his head and he does not have any bleeds in his brain which we are ecstatic about. We are still waiting to hear the results of his ECHO (ultrasound of his heart). HIs weight is down to 1007 grams which translates to roughly 2 pounds 3 ounces. His umbilical artery line will be taken out by Monday and a PICC line put in. I am posting a picture of him on his CPAP.
Kaylie got to come home today and is doing really well. They had to head back out to rent her breast pump and also meet with someone from SSI because Reed will qualify for a monthly assistance check because he is so premature and will require alot of specialized care once he is home. He will have therapists that will work with him and such. The hospital arranges all these appts and lets her know what he will need and they have been great on education and information. I am posting some pictures from my visit yesterday, for some reason I am the only one who has brought an actual camera, the guys are all using there camera phones! Kaylie & Ryan will be staying with MiMi & G-Pa (this is what Kevin and I have decided to call ourselves) for a couple of weeks.
I am proud to announce that Reed Mason Webb was born via an emergency C-section on July 27, 2009 at 11:49pm. He weighs 2 pounds 5 ounces and is 15 inches long. He is doing great, he is in an oxygen hood that is giving him a little bit of oxygen but other than that he is doing fine. Kaylie is having some problems with some bleeding and her blood pressure but they are keeping an eye on her. The whole time she has been in the hospital Ryan has been able to stay the night but today she got a room mate and he was not allowed to stay. She called me screaming to hurry and get to the hospital that they were rushing her to the OR and Ryan would not be there in time. I barely made it....they had to put her to sleep but I was allowed to stand outside the door and once the baby was out they let me stand inside the doorway. I got to carry him over to the NICU and put him in the bed and was allowed to stay in there with him the whole time while they put an arterial line in his umbilical. Normally that is not allowed but because I work in the NICU I was granted permission. I have some pictures to post...she is in room 237 at Women & CHildren's Hospital.
