Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
An Itty Bitty Party
We had some family over for Jane's party this past weekend. She opened some presents, had some cake and had a great time . Thanks for coming and celebrating our little girls first birthday!
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Jane's First ER Visit
Jane swallowed an earring.
Nathan called me around 5pm letting me know she may have swallowed a piece of Katherines play jewlrey. I had him call our peditrician as I was pretty sure we were going to have to take her to go get an X-ray. The on call nurse confirmed, we needed to take her to the ER.
When I got home Nathan had a to go plate ready for me and I loaded up Jane and headed to the hospital. We didn't actually think she'd swallowed something but rather we were being overly cautious. They did the x-ray and the little booger had! It was plain as day, sitting in her stomach. Worse part was it was a stud so with a sharp pointy end it had to come out or risk puncturing her bowels once it moved beyond her stomach.
They called in the gastroenterogist and his team to assemble and got Jane ready. Nathan's Dad was staying at our house, which was such a blessing as after Nathan had gotten Katherine to bed and was sure she wasn't getting back up Nathan was able to come to the hospital. By the time he'd gotten there they'd put an IV in and gotten her dressed an a 'Sleepy Little Tiger' gown. The IV part stunk as they couldn't get it in the first time so had to try again on her other little hand. That one was successful. They put a splint on her and taped/wrapped her all up so she couldn't pull it out on accident.
For about an hour I was batting her hands away from her mouth trying to keep her from chewing on the bandage on her right hand and the tubes sticking out of her left! I kept telling her this is what got us here in the first place, stop putting everythign in your mouth! She didn't listen.
Just as Nathan got there they came to take us up to the surgery ward. Jane was such an amazing baby through the whole thing. She was all smiles and waves as though saying "See, I'm cute and friendly, please don't hurt me." The only times she cried was for the second lateral x-ray, the IV, and waking up from the anisteasia.
The prcedure took a lot longer than we thought, about 45 minutes, as we'd let her have milk and water so they had to get all that out before they could get to/find the earring. Lesson learned: if you ever think your child has swallowed soemthing do not let them eat or drink anything until you've been given the okay.
We went home in one car, leaving mine there, as she was burping up huge air bubbles that were making her gag and we wanted one of us to be sitting with her in case she needed help. We got home about 11pm.
Nathan got some couch cushions and set up shop on Jane's floor to make sure she didn't have any problems breathing after being under so long. I fell asleep around 11:30pm to be woken up by Katherin about 12:30am. I got her back to bed and then Nathan came in with Jane around 2:30am. She'd been whimpering every 15 minutes or so since 11pm. He went back to her room to try to get a little sleep while she slept in bed with me. By sleep I mean whimper and roll every 15-30 minutes until about 5am. We got a good solid hour until Katherine came in at 6am.
We are so greatful Jane is okay. It could have been so much worse. We love you lady.
Nathan called me around 5pm letting me know she may have swallowed a piece of Katherines play jewlrey. I had him call our peditrician as I was pretty sure we were going to have to take her to go get an X-ray. The on call nurse confirmed, we needed to take her to the ER.
When I got home Nathan had a to go plate ready for me and I loaded up Jane and headed to the hospital. We didn't actually think she'd swallowed something but rather we were being overly cautious. They did the x-ray and the little booger had! It was plain as day, sitting in her stomach. Worse part was it was a stud so with a sharp pointy end it had to come out or risk puncturing her bowels once it moved beyond her stomach.
They called in the gastroenterogist and his team to assemble and got Jane ready. Nathan's Dad was staying at our house, which was such a blessing as after Nathan had gotten Katherine to bed and was sure she wasn't getting back up Nathan was able to come to the hospital. By the time he'd gotten there they'd put an IV in and gotten her dressed an a 'Sleepy Little Tiger' gown. The IV part stunk as they couldn't get it in the first time so had to try again on her other little hand. That one was successful. They put a splint on her and taped/wrapped her all up so she couldn't pull it out on accident.
For about an hour I was batting her hands away from her mouth trying to keep her from chewing on the bandage on her right hand and the tubes sticking out of her left! I kept telling her this is what got us here in the first place, stop putting everythign in your mouth! She didn't listen.
Just as Nathan got there they came to take us up to the surgery ward. Jane was such an amazing baby through the whole thing. She was all smiles and waves as though saying "See, I'm cute and friendly, please don't hurt me." The only times she cried was for the second lateral x-ray, the IV, and waking up from the anisteasia.
The prcedure took a lot longer than we thought, about 45 minutes, as we'd let her have milk and water so they had to get all that out before they could get to/find the earring. Lesson learned: if you ever think your child has swallowed soemthing do not let them eat or drink anything until you've been given the okay.
We went home in one car, leaving mine there, as she was burping up huge air bubbles that were making her gag and we wanted one of us to be sitting with her in case she needed help. We got home about 11pm.Nathan got some couch cushions and set up shop on Jane's floor to make sure she didn't have any problems breathing after being under so long. I fell asleep around 11:30pm to be woken up by Katherin about 12:30am. I got her back to bed and then Nathan came in with Jane around 2:30am. She'd been whimpering every 15 minutes or so since 11pm. He went back to her room to try to get a little sleep while she slept in bed with me. By sleep I mean whimper and roll every 15-30 minutes until about 5am. We got a good solid hour until Katherine came in at 6am.
We are so greatful Jane is okay. It could have been so much worse. We love you lady.
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