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Please pray for 4Real member EmilyC , who had her baby last week.
Emily had a C-section and Baby Regina is still in the hospital:
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| At this point, and even now, they have no idea what is causing any of this. The breathing problem is most likely from her breathing in the meconium while in the womb, but that doesn't account for the heart/liver being enlarged, or the blood problems. They've done a million tests, but everything comes back negative. Her heart and liver are large, but they are functioning normally. Her heart is a little fast, and sometimes it gets a bit low when she's sleeping, but it doesn't seem to be causing her any problems. |
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UPDATE from Emily: 4/13/09
Regina is still in the NICU. They had transfered her to a more local hospital, but now they want to send her back to Boston, because they can't figure out what's wrong here. Basically, they are telling us that she has a tiny cyst (or hole) in her brain. One dr. told us it was nothing to worry about, another dr. told us that they want to know what that part of the brain does. She still doesn't know how to eat. All her feedings are done through the feeding tube in her nose. They try to give her a bottle first, but she just doesn't know what to do with it. She also never seems to act hungry. They've asked me to stop trying to breastfeed because they think it's too stressful for her. They also said she has low muscle tone, and her blood work doesn't look right for a 2 week old--which could be due to the blood transfusion she had back in Boston.
Dh and I are exhausted from all of this--both physically and emotionally. We just want to bring her home. They are trying to send her to Boston this week, and we are going to ask that they fully explain why they want her there. If it's only for tests, then she shouldn't be in the hospital. We can drive her back and forth for tests. We'll do her feedings through the tube (and they're talking of giving her more "permanent" tube in her stomach for feedings because they don't think she's ever going to learn to eat by bottle or breast). I worry that she doesn't know that I'm her mama and not just another nurse. If they do send her to Boston, she might be over a month old before she can come home. And I won't be able to visit every day because it's an hour and a half just to get down there, then $20 for parking...
Please pray that this is all resolved very soon and that we can bring her home.
UPDATE: page 3 4/14/2009
UPDATE: page 3 4/16/2009
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Praying for baby Regina.
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Praying for baby Regina and for her whole family...that they will get to the bottom of this and that she will completely well.
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Oh, Emily...I am storming the heavens for sweet little Regina! ...for all of you! 
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Praying for you and baby Regina!!!
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Praying for little baby Regina!
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Praying for Emily and baby Regina. How very scary.
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Our prayers are with Emily and little Regina.
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I am praying for Emily and baby Regina.
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Continuing to pray for Regina and her family here.
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Praying for her here. How scary for you all. Praying the guardian angels will surround her in the hospital.
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Praying for little Regina, God willing she is doing better..
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There are no updates on Emily's blog...so I'm just bumping so we can keep praying assuming that little Regina is still in NICU.
Prayers here, Emily!
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Praying, Emily. God bless sweet Regina!
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