Tinkaroo
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ellenbenny said:I think that is one of the possibilities. The doctor said that there are only a small # of infections that newborns can get, and that the antibiotics that they are giving her will cover all of those plus many more. He said that they are trying to grow out the bacteria but that it takes at least 5 days and doesn't always show anything, but that it doesn't really matter because she is on all the medication anyway.
Spoke with them a bit ago and the subsequent bloodwork does confirm infection, but she still appears perfectly healthy. They will continue the antibiotics for at least the full 7 days regardless, and more if necessary. The problem is they are talking about discharging DDIL tomorrow, but not the baby, so she is very upset about that, and said she will not leave the hospital. They do have a room for new mothers to use when their babies are in the hospital, but I don't think it will be terribly conducive to recovering from the c-section. I feel bad for them because I know how emotional she must be right now, but I do think that everything is going to be ok. I'll keep you posted.
Prayers said for your DDIL and DGD. My niece got an infection at birth (my poor SIL was sick as a dog when she went into labor, and then they left DN in the birth canal for too long!), and she spent a good month in NICU afterwards. Needless to say, it wasn't the best time, but she is a perfectly healthy little girl today; it was just a tough go there at first. I know the hospital was incredibly supportive of the family while DN was in the NICU - they basically got to come and go as needed, so hopefully your DDIL will only see it as sleeping elsewhere, and not like she's abandoning her baby!
But no pics because I don't know how to do that!
Besides, my pics are all still trapped in my camera. I might try to set them free tomorrow if Brother is well enough for school. He has quite the cough and runny nose today.
He pulled the covers over his head. I continued to pester him about the jacket. I told him I though maybe if the jacket fit he might want to wear it to Disney World. Today. Because we are going right now.
That got him up! He thought we were joking, but when he saw the suitcases he was convinced! We got the car to the remote parking, took the shuttle to the terminal, cleared security, all good. Our flight was delayed about 40 minutes for no good reason, but still, not too bad. Got to MCO, line for Magical Express was insane but it was 25 minutes from getting in the line until we were seated on the bus. Got to Pop Century about 1:00, our room was ready YAY!, and we got all of our requests except one. We were one room in from the corner instead of on the corner. Not too shabby! It was HOT that day - I was glad I tossed in some short sleeved shirts at the last minute.
, browsed around World Showcase. DS got his pic with the Monkey King in China although we missed the story. Each country has a little placard explaining the tradition of their storyteller so we at least got the gist of it! We rode Test Track, watched them light the tree, then back to Le Cellier. We tried to get into dinner early but they couldn't get us in (no surprise). We looked around Canada, listened to Father Christmas at UK, then to dinner. The kids' menus are not as heinous as we thought they would be. Le Cellier had some good choices. DS had a wire from his braces poking him so he had a tough time eating during the trip. He refused to put any wax on the wire.
He ordered from the kids' menu at ALL of our TS ressies and it was FINE. Nobody batted an eye. He ordered the chicken nuggets at Le Cellier, but they were huge, flat chicken strip type things. The breading was crispy so he wasn't thrilled. DH got pork tenderloin that was the smallest portion we have ever seen at any restaurant anywhere. I had the salmon and it was fabulous!
that the baby gets released soon so that mom isn't too stressed and can recover from the c section.
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, snow white