Tatum Update: Tatum started off at 2:30 am, if that tells you how the day went:) I know it is not going to be good when that happens. She needed a little more suctioning this morning, that started off the spiral. Once I got her dressed and ready for the day, she settled down for a little while. It was a pretty calm morning, I was working on the finishing touches for my lesson and getting a few last minute things ready for dinner. The kids came down and they had all written me little cards and a few presents. It was sweet and fun. The written word is getting to be a lost art, so I am always grateful for their sweet little cards that are so heartfelt, even if they are last minute (a suspicious 10:00 run to Walmart last night...Hmmm...) We had decided to keep Tatum home for at least the first two hours of church, Lance and I were just going to take turns, since we were both teaching classes. Then i would decide if she was feeling well enough to come to Sacrament meeting. When I got home to relieve Lance he said that she had thrown up some brown stuff. A little concerning. After he left she threw up a few more times, when I vented her g tube there was a lot of coke colored junk in her tummy. That was not normal. I called the Pediatric floor to ask them if that was normal.. They said that could be a normal color for bile. I was not totally convinced, so I called my good friend that is a pediatric nurse. She thought I should for sure text my doctor. I felt terrible disturbing him on Mother's Day, but I was a little desperate. I sent him a text explaining that she was throwing up brown liquid and that we had to up her oxygen intake. He called me about a half hour later. He said to turn her feedings off for a few hours and let her tummy rest and see how she did.
After we ate dinner her sats were looking pretty good. I had really wanted to take a walk around the neighborhood for Mother's Day. I could see that was probably not a possibility, so we moved some chairs to the porch and sat outside for over an hour. It was such a beautiful day and Tatum really had perked up. Her oxygen was doing great, she even smiled a few times.
Here are Tatum and Hilary wearing their matching dresses!
Hanging out on the porch....
She was about to crack a smile...
Big sister........
Bigger sister.....
As the night went on, Tatum seemed more like herself. I was so relieved and I started going over the day to try and think of anything that may have upset Tatum's little system. All of a sudden I remembered that when I was getting her ready this morning I had done her dressing around her g tube a little different and so it may have been tighter than normal, causing uncomfortable pulling? I had changed out the dressing earlier in the day after she had thrown up several times. Ever since, she has really started to seem more like herself. So relieved. I thought I was going to have to start calling Primary childrens in the morning, and I still might have to. For now she seems much better.
I am so delirious right now that I keep typing random letters as I fall asleep. So if none of this makes sense just disregard it!
Overall it ended up to be a good day. I just loved hangiing out with our family. I am so grateful for them.
Even though this was not exactly a relaxing Mother's Day, it was a really good day to have the kids aroumd and be able to get out on the porch with little Tates and enjoy the beautiful weather. Love being a mom. I want to get better about expressing that!
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