We saw Jr. this morning and his PIC line is doing better and his body is clotting. There are signs of a possible infection from the little tears on his skin. They also found fluid on his lungs. The doctors decided to take some blood samples and extract fluid from his lungs to check what type of infections he may have so they can start him on the right antibiotics. They have a lot of things they can do to treat an infection, but any infection for a 24 week old baby can be very serious. We should know the results hopefully tomorrow or Monday.
The nurses do CARES every 6 hours on babies in the NICU. During this time they change diapers, give medicine, and take blood samples, etc. They try to minimize any contact during the time between CARES so that they don't overstimulate the babies and they can rest and grow. Today during the afternoon CARES the nurse asked Jeanne if she would like to take Baby Jacob's temperature and change his diaper. Jeanne said she never thought that changing a diaper would melt her heart, but it did. Small things mean so much more to us now. While she was changing his tiny diaper, Baby Jacob moved his hand over to rest on Jeanne's thumb. Such a sweet touch!
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