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Little easier for me to just type one mass email to explain everything than try and write everyone back at once. Once I get back into the swing of things and am not so tired and sore I should be around a little more.
Anyway, as most know by now...I had Kian way early. It just couldn't be stopped. I had been having some severe issues with my gall bladder since early March and what we thought was just the pain and progression of the gall bladder getting worse and far more painful turned out to be something far more lethal. Finally I wound up in so much pain that I couldn't even stand let alone walk very far. So we decided since St. Vincent said they couldn't do anything else for me and that I just needed to "tough" it out and wait till Kian came that we needed to get a second opinion because if my gall bladder wasn't infected or inflamed than something else must be wrong to be causing the amount of pain I was in.
We took me into OHSU late Wednesday night/ early Thursday morning and they put me on the monitors and immediately noticed that not only was my blood pressure unusually high considering the medication I was taking for it but that Kian's heart rate was really mellow and just steady insteady of having the accellerations and a lot of movement like I had been having before. They even noticed a few decellerations which was serious cause for concern. They stopped giving me pain medication to see if that is what he was reacting too and after about a day of constant monitoring they finally decided they had to do the emergency c-section and take him out. My blood pressure was getting worse and his heart rate wasn't showing any improvement. They set the epidural and got everything ready to go and most of the last thing I remember is the epidural wearing off when they were making the incision. The rest is a huge blur. Evidentally I stopped breathing twice and they almost lost us both. My blood pressure had skyrocketed to a dangerously high rate and I am lucky I didn't stroke out. Next thing I know I was in recovery and they let me see Kian for all of maybe 2 minutes. I got to let him squeeze my finger and when they took him away he went "EHHH" and was just all squirming arms and legs and was just pissed off.
He was born at 6:14pm on April 4th weighing 2lbs 14oz and measured 15 and a half inches long. He has tons of strawberry blonde hair and as far as we can tell since they have had his eyes covered, he has these bright bright bright blue eyes. He gives the nurses hell since he disconnects himself from some of the monmitors. He's really strong and is a fighter. And so far he seems to have my temper. Right now we can't hold him and sometimes we can't even touch him because if he is settled down we don't want to aggravate him because he tends to forget to breathe when he gets all pissed off. Chances are he won't be able to come home for at least 4 to 6 weeks but they said plan on my due date as his homecoming which is June 13th.
So far he hasn't had to have been put on a ventilator. He is on a CPAP machine like what they use for sleep apnea and they bumped the pressure down a notch on it today. They inserted a PICC like what I had to have so they can draw blood without having to stick him over and over again (I had to have one because the other hospital blew every single vein in my arms). He is already taking about 3mL of breast milk and is tolerating it really well so far so they are looking at increasing that for him. Means more pumping for me...LOL. Other than that I am trying to take things easy and heal since I have a rather large incision from the c-section. They did mine the old fashioned way instead of the little bikini line ones. So I have a good 8 inch incision running vertically from just above my belly button and then on the inside they cut me horizontally to get him out. So I have a long time to heal. I still have the staples too which come out this next week. They say I am healing good though and moving around really well for just having had surgery. But overall I am really sore and pretty tired.
I will try to keep everyone updated as we find things out and as things progress. Take care and be well.
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Kristin Marie~
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He is adorable and oohh soooo tiny!
I am so thankful you both are doing ok! *HUGS* ya gently
Did they ever find out what was wrong with you?
Was it your gall bladder after all?
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So precious [img]smile.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/rose.gif[/img]
I'm glad you're both alright......you're still im my thoughts and prayers *HUGGGGGS*
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*HUGSSSS* My gall bladder still needs to come out but I won't be able to do that for a couple months. But I had severe pre-eclampsia. I had the high blood pressure and swelling but all the urinalysis came back negative for proteins so we just figured I had severe hypertension due to pregnancy. Well it was far more lethal. Pre-eclampsia is NOTHING to mess with...if we'd waited even a day chances are Kian and I wouldn't be here. Evidentally pre-eclampsia can cause severe pain as well so it was no wonder I was having more and more problems with pain and thinking it was the gall bladder even though the gall bladder had stones but wasn't infected or inflamed.
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BMR!!!! wow what a beautiful baby boy you have there [img]smile.gif[/img] I am glad everything went good with you two and you're both here...ENJOY BMR cause they do grow up really fast! *hugs*
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You and Kian will be in my prayers. This reminds me of last year when my grandson was born 11 weeks early and I know what you are going thru right now.
Kian is adorable! Congratulations!!!!
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YOU know BMR i know its not easy going into the premature nusery going to see your lil boy...it wasnt easy for me 17 years ago when i had my daughter...she was born at 27 weeks and it was hard for me to walk in the room seeing all the tubes in her...I cried every time i went in to see her...there were even times i couldnt even go and see her cause it just broke my heart to see her like that...as soon as the tubes came off of her more tears came down but happy tears sign of relief knowing that everything is going to be ok...so be strong for your lil one and especially for yourself...I know its difficult but keep your head up ...you and your lil one will remain in my prayers [img]graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
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Pre-eclampsia is certainly nothing to mess around
with....my best friend lost her baby girl to it..
and Nina almost died too...she was sick for a long
time...and her doctor did the same that they were
telling you Kristin...it was blood pressure, it
was gall bladder...and they waited too late to
really test her....Tina Maria was stillborn 3 months
too early...Nina had a nervous breakdown....and
still suffers 22 years later....Tina Maria would
be 22 years old now...IF Ninas doctors would have
stopped being asses and done the right thing..
THAT is why I thank God you and Kian are both here
with us! *HUGEHUGS* [img]graemlins/kiss.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
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*hugggs*... i got these in the mail, but this is the first time i've been here since he was born... sooooo tiny.... pre-eclampsia is a bad thing for sure... [img]frown.gif[/img] i kept wanting to ask you about it... whether they had checked for it or not.. i wish i would have.... but when they told you gallbladder, i kinda figured that's where the pain was coming from too.. though that high BP even very early on... should have been an indicator to people in the medical field to keep an eye out for it... i'm so glad they caught it in time... *HUGGGGGS*...
he is precious... s* you can't really see his red hair in these pics... i'm sure there will be some soon where you can.... good thing he IS a little spitfire like his momma, now isn't it? [img]wink.gif[/img]
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Amazingly enough they were testing me for spilling protein which would have indicated pre-eclampsia and I just never spilled protein in my urine. But it got REALLY severe REALLY fast. That is why the pain level kept climbing even though my gall bladder wasn't inflamed or infected. Granted it's about a third of the way full of gall stones and the way Kian was pushing against it didn't help but still.
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How are both of you doing now? I am so thankful
you both are ok! [img]graemlins/heart.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/kiss.gif[/img]
I will be posting an update on me on my board later....
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I get my staples taken out in the morning thank GAWD. I am up and around pretty much like normal. I get tired kind of easy but I still am fighting with some of the swelling and blood pressure issues which are still working out of my system. The doctors said that the pre-eclampsia can take a while to work out of my system. Kian is doing awesome. He is off the CPAP and on the oxygen canules and they have his oxygen set at 30% which is only 9% above what we are at. He also is back above his birth weight and is now at 3 pounds!!! He gained 2 ounces since we saw him Saturday and got to actually hold him. He's tiny...man is it odd holding such a tiny baby when you are used to holding full term babies like Hannah and Kaela were. But he's my miracle and the only one I will ever be blessed to have. [img]graemlins/heart.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/kiss.gif[/img]
