Peripheral IV in, blood going in, XRays done

Progress has been made and Jac and I are exhausted.

The Flight for Life transport nurse got a peripheral IV in to Jac's right hand. I was so hoping he wouldn't have to have that hand used but it was the only good vein she could find.

He has 11 ccs of blood going in over 6 hours - hopefully it will make him feel much better. The nurse is checking his blood pressure every 15 minutes for the first hour or so of the transfusion to make it is fine. The blood is coming from the same unit of blood that they used last week when he needed transfusions.

The XRay tech came and took 2 view XRays of his belly and we should have the results of that soon - I will look for the doctor in a few minutes and talk to her.

There is a lot going on here today and lots of crying babies. The baby next to us is getting ready to go home (she is full term and has only been here a few days) and there has been a ton of activity there. We are in the corner but in an open space in a large room with curtains for walls. We are certainly no where near the ideal environment for Jac and that is definitely adding to the stress level as we work so hard to keep it quiet and dark for Jac. I am glad he is at least in the isolette which does protect him from some of the sound and we cover his isolette whenever we are not messing him (which has not been very often today) to keep the light out.

We just put Jac on his tummy which is a position he really likes. His pulse ox is up and hopefully he can sleep like this for quite a while. He may have another XRay at midnight or they may wait until 6 am depending on the results of his 6 pm XRay.

Jac's nurse today has been really great - I have cried quite a number of times today and she has comforted me while takinf great care of Jac and allowing me to be involved in the process which makes me feel like I am helping. I am going to ask her to sign up as one of his primaries if she wants to. This means that she will be much more likely to be assigned to Jac when she is on duty.