purvis progeny: June 2010

She's here, Phoebe Skye Purvis Born May 17 at 11:47 PM. Already asserting her Independence she didn't want to wait another 2 weeks to be born (I was scheduled Tuesday June 1 for a C-Section) truth be told either I did not want to wait either however I was not ready for her to come early. There were rooms to clean dishes to do, things to put away.

Monday the 17 about 10AM the Flu hit me like a ton of bricks. I was so sick, I didn't eat or drink anything all day by 4PM I thought I was going to die. It was becoming harder and harder to tell the difference between my stomach cramps and contractions. About 7PM my Dad and Uncle Lee had come over to give me a blessing and I decided maybe I should go to the Hospital just in case... Weather it was contractions or stomach cramps they were coming every 5 mins by the time we hit Salt Air they were coming every 3 mins. I had never gone into labor before so I was not really sure what to expect. Once we got to the Hospital and they had an IV drip in I started to feel much better I was still have regular contraction but they had slowed down. I was dilated to a 5 and my Doctor decided it was best if I had the baby that night. Everything went well with the surgery and Phoebe was born at 11:47 that night.

I was able to hold Phoebe the rest of the night and keep her in my room. By the time the Pediatrician got in in the morning Phoebe was swept away and taken to NICU. She was very jaundice and it was determined she was Coomb's Positive (Where my blood creates antibodies against her blood, which causes her red blood cells to breakdown causing a lot of Biliruben in her system making her Jaundice) Her Bili count was so high they gave her a shot right away (Which help break down Bili) and determined she would need intense light therapy to bring her Bili count down (The reason they worry about high Bili counts is if her numbers get too high it can cause irreversible brain damage). Other than the Coomb's Positive disorder she was perfectly perfect. While in the NICU I was able to hold her during feedings (every 3 hours) we could take her out of the lights for about an hour they she would have to go back. Phoebe ended up being in NICU for 8 days. I was discharged on a Friday and she was discharged the following Tuesday. I was so thankful that she was completely healthy and developed she just had all of my antibodies she was trying to get rid of. Her little system was working overtime trying to compensate for that. All I wanted was to take her home and be able to hold her for as long as I wanted. Which thankfully now I can.

Below are some Photos of Phoebe in the NICU, it looks a lot worse than it was. I always felt weird going into the NICU, knowing Phoebe was not in a life or death situation. We new it was a matter of days before she would be coming home. Thankfully she was born in a time where her disorder was completely treatable. Some of those babies had been there for months or would be there for months. I know how difficult it was for our family having her in there for 4 days after I had been discharged. We were able to go in every day and spend time with her. I don't know what we would have done if she would have been in there longer.