Little Annalise spent the night in the hospital. Apparently after they drew her blood levels yesterday for the jaundice they discovered it was at a 19. Borderline is a 13. So Lily had to take the baby in at 11pm last night to be put under the bilirubin lights. I called her this morning to check on them both and the baby’s level had dropped 1 point. Over the course of the day it has dropped another point so that is good. I went up to visit them both for a little while after I got back from going with hubby to the VA Hospital for his yearly physical. What I thought were actual bilirubin lights is now a blanket the baby lies on tucked into a special little outfit that allows the light to reach her body. No more mask to protect her eyes, because they aren’t exposed to the light and it seems to work great. The nurses said it is a brand new machine and little Annalise is the 2nd baby to use it. Just a little while ago Lily called and told me the Dr is very happy with how baby is responding and so she doesn’t need to be on the lights over night. They will check her in the morning and if her level is the same or has gone down any more they will let her go home…
As for the trip to the VA Hospital… I hate those yearly trips. We had to be there at 9am for a fasting blood draw and then his actual Dr appt was scheduled for 10:30am. Finally at 1:30pm we got in to see the Dr, this Dr is always backed up… So then it is go thru the test results, all good except for the weight again…. (So we really have to work on some weight loss) and then upstairs for an x ray to see if they can find out why hubby is having pain in his right hip. Of course we will have to wait for those results, but in the meantime the Dr is getting an appt set up to go and see the Orthopedic Dr’s in the VA Hospital. Maybe they can get it all figured out.
I did find out from my daughter and new son to be that the reason they decided to wait 2 yrs before the wedding is that they want to save up the money to pay for all of it themselves… I was very pleased to hear that. Not because I don’t want to give my daughter a wedding, but because I really like to see them take responsibility for themselves… It just shows me a lot of initiative on their part and I really like that. So, in a couple of years we will have a wedding and a big honeymoon.
I also got some good news from my oldest daughter, the one that moved back home in December 2005. She has found a nice apartment and will be moving back out on her own in a few weeks… I am happy for her as I remember at her age I could not have lived with my mom and family… I told her as long as she could swing her rent, utilities and buy food I was happy. If she can’t do those things I don’t want her to move. She has assured me that she has thought this all out and has everything figured out and can make it… Ok, mom’s happy then… That just means that we have to move her and her stuff in a few weeks, but on the flip side, Miranda gets her room back….
Speaking of Miranda…. tomorrow she goes back to the Dr to get her toe checked. I think he said they would take an x-ray and make sure it is mending properly. If so then I am guessing she can go back to playing at her favorite place, McD’s… and swimming, and running, and climbing… all those things I have a heart attack when I see her try to do right now.
The countdown is on.. 5 more days and school starts… back to driving the bus every day.. I just hope the kid problem gets taken care of… I just can’t see transporting over 60 kids on my bus ever day… Well, time to close.. I have to go in a few minutes to pick hubby up from work… have a good night everyone
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