She's here

Hi All,

Thought I would give a quick update. Norah is here she arrived 9/6/13 at 3:08 in the afternoon. I went in Thursday night to be induced. Labor and delivery went well and I am recovering just fine. She has Auburn hair and I have not seen her eyes open yet so I don't know what color they are. She weighed 6lbs 13oz.

Norah came out screaming. I only had to push once :) They were able to put her on my belly for a short time and Luke was able to cut the cord. She was shortly then taken to the next room with the resuscitation team was ready and waiting. Her sats were low in the 40's-50's so she did need to be intubated right away. They put some lines in and gave her the prostaglandin. Unfortunately that was still not enough and she needed to be brought to the cath lab immediately to have the septosotmy done. Luke went with her right away but I needed to go back to my room. I had some bleeding problems and needed to let my epidural wear off so it prolonged my recovery time. I did not get to see until 5 hours later. She was only suppose to be in the cath lab for 20 minutes but it turned in to 2 hours. The first balloon procedure did not provide a large enough whole and she needed to have the procedure done again to make the whole bigger. They still struggled with her sats but eventually they returned her to the NICU where she had a fairly stable night. She did need a blood transfusion and she is on two different medication drips among many other things to support her blood pressure and nitrous oxide gas to help with the  high pressure in her lungs. The high pressure in her lungs is not a common thing for her type of heart condition and has caused a lot of her complications.

She did not produce any urine overnight so they needed to place a foley catheter. Unfortunately even that small of a procedure was too stressful for Norah and her blood pressure dropped and sats dropped again and she never really recovered. The Neonatal doctor came to see her and decided to call the surgeon. The original plan was for Norah to have Surgery this Tuesday. The surgeon came to see her and decided to have her transferred to the Cardiovascular unit right away where the cardiologist and cardiac intensivist are here 24/7and they can monitor her more closely to decide if she needs her surgery sooner. As of right now she is borderline stable. Multiple medications and lab draws. They are going to place a few more central lines and exchange the ET tube from the one in her mouth to one in her nose. This way she was be totally prepped for surgery and they will be ready any time should she need it urgently. Things literally change by the hour. But we are told she is taking baby steps in the right direction.

Thank you all so much for the continued prayers and support they mean so much to Luke and I.