Friday, January 18, 2008
Two Weeks!
Amazingly, tomorrow marks two weeks since Rhys' birth! Holy cow, the time flies. Today we had his two week check up, and he now weighs 8 lbs, 9 oz. He's gained about 3/4 lb. since last Friday, when he weighed 7 lbs. 12 oz. He's doing great on the formula, and has even slept thru the night on several occassions, so we're hoping that's a trend that will continue! Will post more pics soon, I promise!
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Pictures!
Some Pictures of Rhys:
Here he is smiling like a Capreol in his sleep.
Not sure of the world yet
More Sleep
Here he is smiling like a Capreol in his sleep.
Home Sweet Home!
Hard to believe it's been a week already! We had a rough start, but are getting into the groove of things now. Rhys is a wonderful baby...very calm & sleeps like a champ! The breast feeding thing didn't go quite as planned. He had some latching issues, and then I ended up with a wonderful UTI and can't breast feed on the meds anyway, so we've switched to formula. I will post a couple more pics of the little man!
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Our experience here at Winnie Palmer Hospital keeps getting better.
Our last night here and the new night shift tech comes in and informs us that we can not have Rhys in the room with out the harsh fluorescent lights on. The nurse then informs us that this is hospital policy and it must be enforced.
This is a policy that apparently the other nurses and DOCTORS decided was not necessary to enforce. We have been here with Rhys for two other nights. We were checked on by both nurses, techs and doctors and none of them had anything to say about the lighting conditions of the room. We are able to get him to sleep when the lights are dim (We keep the hall lights on. That is not good enough.) Now we can't get him to sleep in the harsh light. He blinks and fusses unless we shield his eyes from the light somehow.
So far the experience here as been exemplary! Poorly executed pain management and crappy attitudes from some of the nurses really brings to light the effectiveness here. (Please note that the nurses on duty over the weekend and their techs were very helpful and personable. They were also very apologetic when then epidural gaff came to light.)
If we had ANY idea that this would occur we would have left yesterday. I can get Heather pain meds on time and she can get to the bathroom fine at home.
We were trying to avoid the difficulties of travel for someone who has had major surgery following a difficult and unsuccessful labor.
A simple and effective solution to the new policy would be to supply a plug in light that would effectively illuminate the babies face with out being harsh or too bright. The idea is sound. The execution is so horrible as to be laughable. I would find it amusing if I weren't forced to suffer through the unprofessional and inconsistent enforcement of policy that this hospital has shown.
Needless to say we will not be back. I will be submitting a similar tirade to the papers here in the form of an editorial. If you can instate a policy that completely disregards the comfort of your patients when a simple solution to the problem exists and fulfills the requirements of the policy I wonder why others aren’t totally outraged.
This is a policy that apparently the other nurses and DOCTORS decided was not necessary to enforce. We have been here with Rhys for two other nights. We were checked on by both nurses, techs and doctors and none of them had anything to say about the lighting conditions of the room. We are able to get him to sleep when the lights are dim (We keep the hall lights on. That is not good enough.) Now we can't get him to sleep in the harsh light. He blinks and fusses unless we shield his eyes from the light somehow.
So far the experience here as been exemplary! Poorly executed pain management and crappy attitudes from some of the nurses really brings to light the effectiveness here. (Please note that the nurses on duty over the weekend and their techs were very helpful and personable. They were also very apologetic when then epidural gaff came to light.)
If we had ANY idea that this would occur we would have left yesterday. I can get Heather pain meds on time and she can get to the bathroom fine at home.
We were trying to avoid the difficulties of travel for someone who has had major surgery following a difficult and unsuccessful labor.
A simple and effective solution to the new policy would be to supply a plug in light that would effectively illuminate the babies face with out being harsh or too bright. The idea is sound. The execution is so horrible as to be laughable. I would find it amusing if I weren't forced to suffer through the unprofessional and inconsistent enforcement of policy that this hospital has shown.
Needless to say we will not be back. I will be submitting a similar tirade to the papers here in the form of an editorial. If you can instate a policy that completely disregards the comfort of your patients when a simple solution to the problem exists and fulfills the requirements of the policy I wonder why others aren’t totally outraged.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Some more pictures
After a shower Heather is feeling much better.
We had some "fun" last night. She had the epidural still in after the delivery attempt and the following c-section. It was simple to deliver pain medication through the same epidural. Unfortunately the adapter that went from the medicine pump to the catheter broke. It took almost six hours to completely diagnose the problem by which point Heather was in considerable pain. The hospital decided to take epidural out (it was broken so go figure) and the IV and go with oral pain medication.
Over all not having to rely on machines has been much more effective.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Winnie Palmer Phone Number
To contact a patient room, please call our main number, 321.843.9792 and ask the operator to connect you.
Hospital and Room information
The hospital is:
Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies
Part of Orlando Regional Medical Center.
Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies
Part of Orlando Regional Medical Center.
Rhys is here!
Rhys arrived at 4:22 AM this morning.
After pushing for almost 2 and a half hours the decision was made that a cesarian section was necessary.
We finally got Heather out of the OR recovery and into a normal recovery room at about 9:30 AM today.
We both took a nap until 2:30 PM when they brought Rhys to us. Rhys is now eating happily for the first time.
Some pics from 4:22 AM
After pushing for almost 2 and a half hours the decision was made that a cesarian section was necessary.
We finally got Heather out of the OR recovery and into a normal recovery room at about 9:30 AM today.
We both took a nap until 2:30 PM when they brought Rhys to us. Rhys is now eating happily for the first time.
Some pics from 4:22 AM
10 cm It just about time to push.
Heather had her first attempt at pushing.
Not much luck.
Another 15 minutes and she will try again.
Not much luck.
Another 15 minutes and she will try again.
Friday, January 4, 2008
Epidural
After much pain Heather decided on an epidural.
It went in easily and quickly and has been quite a relief.
Last check had her at between 4 to 5 cm.
It went in easily and quickly and has been quite a relief.
Last check had her at between 4 to 5 cm.
Internet in the room.
So they have wireless in the room so we have access to the outside world.
Updates so far:
Updates so far:
- Heather is having contractions about 3 minutes apart lasting on average 1 minute
- They broke her water at about 5:25 PM 1-4-07
- She has been put on Oxytosin to move the process along.
- As of the last check she is 2cm dilated.
- How it's made in on the TV (That I think is more for me then her...)
We will update again when we can.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Sorry, Uncle G, no b'day nephew for you...
We went into the hospital this afternoon, just to see what the deal was...and after 2 1/2 hrs in triage, they finally got me into a bed to check me. They decided, no, I'm not leaking, but they did end up testing me for pre-eclampsia! I guess I had protein in my urine, and my blood pressure has been going up, plus the swelling...but the blood test came back normal. They sent me home, but put me on bed rest until Fri morning, which is my next dr's appointment. So we'll see what happens at that appointment...if my blood pressure is still high, they may decide to induce me on Friday. That is, of course, assuming I don't go into labor on my own before then, since I was contracting every 5-7 min while in triage. Apparently they weren't strong enough to stay at the hospital, but it shouldn't be too much longer now, one way or another!
A Slow Leak
No contractions yet, but pretty sure we've got a slow leak! Lost my mucus plug yesterday & started leaking a *small* amount--continues this morning...tested it with Ph strips to see (dark green-blue means it's amniotic fluid) & we finally got a dark greeny-blue color this morning. I'm a little crampy, but kinda waiting on the hospital thing for now...I really want to avoid being induced, and they like contractions to start within 24 hrs of your water breaking, or they start talking induction. Plus, I really don't see the point in sitting at the hospital if I'm not really doing anything but leak; I can do that at home! Ambrose or I will update once we know more...
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