Grow Baby Grow!

Henry is now 3lbs 1.9oz!!

He is a little monster, yesterday he ripped out his breathing tube, giving himself a bloody now :( and today he has been trying to take out his breathing tube! I wish he didn't need any of it, it's probably not the most comfortable thing...but atleast he won't remember any of this.

The Dr told us today that he needs 2 days of the blood culture to be negative for the infection before they will make a decision on the surgery. Tomorrow we are going to sit down and talk with her a little more in depthly to get a better understanding of what has happened and what comes next as well as the future. I was told by the nurses that most likely he will be at CP until his due date, which is another 9 weeks and then transferred back to Westchester...give or take some time..

Some Bella Time

One Step Forward Two Steps Back

As of Thursday everything looked awesome. Henry seemed to be doing really well, breathing more and more on his own...they even said I would most likely be able to hold him this weekend. We were so excited. I go in Friday morning to find out that he has a hole in his heart and is going to need surgery. The hole is called a PDA and is relatively normal. All babies have this hole in utero but it closes when they are born. Since Henry was born so early it did not close up and since he was so sick in the beginning they were not able to give him medications to help it close, now it is too late for meds and he must have surgery. The surgery is a relatively minor procedure yet he will still be put out and as with any surgery there are risks..so we're a little anxious. For the surgery they make a cut in his side under his lungs and go in and staple the hole closed. The surgery is actually going to make him to start to get a lot better as now his blood flow will be working properly which will help his lungs start to clear up and function normal.

The surgery was scheduled for Monday..but by Friday afternoon we learned he also had a possible infection! UGH. They were doing a blood culture over the weekend to see if he does have one, which they believe he most likely does. Mondays surgery will be postponed until the infection is under control. They started him on antibiotics on Friday. We will find out today about noon about the infection.

Good Things Come in Small Packages

A Good Day!

As of this morning we were told that Henry's lung were not clearing up on their own, the right lung is collapsed and there is air bubbles in it. They were going to have the respiratory therapist come take a look and possibly do some procedure to help him. Other than that they said he was doing well.

As of tonight when Jamie went to the hospital after work Henry was doing really well! He was on the lowest level of oxygen assistance since he was born AND he seems to be taking care of the air in his lungs on his own! They also lowered the pressure on the ventilator so he is actually doing more work on his own. Today was a good day.

Bella Met Her LIttle Brother!!

We went to the hospital today with my parents and Bella...this was the first time she was meeting Henry. As you can imagine she was thrilled! lol She saw him for about 2 seconds before trying to tap on his incubator, when I moved her away she started to scream, so Mima and Poppy took her back out to the waiting room where she had a blast entertaining everyone.
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Henry looked really good. We all decided he looks just like Jamie, we don't know whose nose he has since it's covered with tape, but we'll see soon enough. He looks a little bigger, Jamie said he had been able to see his heart beating and now he thinks his chest is filling out. I think his head looks bigger and his features are getting more "babyish".

I saw him get his diaper changed for the first time...the diaper is sooo small!!!!

I wish I could hold him, that is so hard. The most i have done is touch his hand..he did wrap his fingers around mine, which was pretty cool

Out Of the Hospital

I got out of the hospital yesterday but the Dr would not allow me to go to the city to see Henry....he made a point of saying this in front of my parents and Jamie so that there was no chance i went. He said because I was recovering from major surgery, being sick from preeclampsia and still have my blood pressure erratic that if i did not take it easy I would be back in the hospital.
So, like a good (exhausted) girl i went home yesterday and went to bed. This morning my dad drove me down to Columbia, Jamie had spent the night so he met me out front.
I don't know what I was expecting but it took everything i had not to burst into tears when i saw him. He is so small and had so many tubes and stuff all over him...it was so hard. They said he is doing really well, and he is only 5 days old so it is going to take time but all i wanted to do was pick him up and hold him...make him healthy.
I still can't fathom all this...even so, i can't even begin to explain how blessed jamie and i both feel. Just a little over a year ago life looked so different...and with in 13 months we go from no children..to two. We have a son and a daughter and it is so absolutely amazing. I just keep picturing them playing together in a couple of months(years..) and i get so excited. It's awesome.

We're taking this all day but day and each day he gets just a teeny step better!!

First Visit

I forgot how small he was!! It was so hard to go see him at the hospital after almost a week. He was covered with so many tubes and machines are beeping non stop...totally insane. I just wish he was still in my belly.

3am...Your Baby is Sick

When he was first born they were actually very happy with how he was doing, but by the middle of the night things had changed. The Dr came in at midnight and said that Henry was not doing as well as he hoped and he felt it was best if he was transported to Columbia Presbyterian where they were more equipped to take care of sick preemies. Mind you I am drugged up and freaking out at this point...why is this happening?? Luckily Jamie had spent the night in my room with me so I wasn't alone.

At about 3am the transport had arrived to take him, they wheeled him into my room in what I call the "space pod" so I could say goodbye. It sucked, I was totally freaked out..i really didn't understand what was going on. Jamie decided to go down to the city with them, which I was so happy about. He sent me texts the entire night, letting me know when they had arrived, when he was settled in and all the things that they were saying.

It was a long night...

Henry Joseph Donsky!!!

Henry "Hank" Joseph Donsky
14.5"
2lbs 1oz

6:37am






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