Hi all,
Almost 2am here, thought I'd give an update. Just got a call from John Hunter Hosp, where Bella was sent. Retrieval team had rang earlier when they'd arrived there to say all was well and stable, and I'd since spoken to her nurse, who informed me that on arrival she was found to have another pneumothorax on other side (did I already say that?). They were going to try to try to resolve that one by insertion of needle rather than insertion of 2nd chest drain. Anyway they promised to ring with updates thru the night. Hence the call @ 1:30. Her nurse told me that since he had spoken to me last they'd tried, unsuccessfully, to get rid of pneumothorax with needle. So they then inserted chest drain, and were mostly successful. Bella was still having trouble breathing though, despite huge concentration of oxygen, so they intubated her and gave her some stuff called curasurf (?sp). She has since been extubated and oxygen reduced to 48%, which is still high, but better than before. So, in short, they are hoping that she has turned the corner. I hope beyond hope they are right. And I can't thank you all enough for thinking of her - please continue to send healing thoughts our way.
Shangrila and Lins, the nurse at JHH told me they seem to think Bella's problems are the result of her being early. They think despite her good size and dates saying she was almost full term, she was younger than we thought. So, in hidsight, I wished I had have done what you both have and not rushed things. I felt she was safer on the outside than inside, which proved to be wrong. And, please, I hope I haven't scared either one of you xxx
And just quickly....
Thanks Tree for setting up new thread. Happy b'day to little Hattie. I will read her birth story one day - not that it would be upsetting to me now (anything but) but because I should try to get back to sleep, ready for another big day tomorrow.
For the same reason I will catch up on Justa post another day in the near future. Hope you are going okay Justa xx
Bee, thank you, once again, for your usual consideration of others. Much easier for me to post on one thread at moment, but would also like to share with the others. And I'm sure your DP, at least, would be appreciating bikinis under your coat
Katerina, congratulations to you. I always thought hearing others 'success' stories would bring hope to those who come here, but realised that was easy for me to say, as I was already pregnant ( and about to get a CVS) when I joined. However, I'm glad it was true for you. Good luck for the rest of your pregnancy xx ps: hope I haven't scared you, or other pregnant ones here, either
Eulalia, Katie and everyone else, welcome to Oz. Lovely to have you here. Thank you all once again for support. Must try to get back to sleep now. Will keep you posted though xxxx