Morgan went for her CT Scan this morning. I went to the hospital to see her off on her field trip. As I walked into her room, the mobile incubator was in the process of being prepared. It's kind of like an RV at Talladega, but for babies...and it has oxygen tanks. I walked to her crib and she was sleeping with her foot already wrapped with a new purple shoe...more girly stuff I'm going to have to get used to. Her purple shoe is, essentially purple tape wrapped around her foot to keep her from pulling out her i.v. She has become a professional "i.v.-puller-outer" in her few months with us. Eventhough she's already all about mischief, she was resting well. I spent some time with her and then it was time for her to prove her tiny personality to the radiologist.
We were told that during the scan, she became enraged and had to be restrained with her feet being held down and her arms held above her head. Keep in mind, this is after the precautionary sedatives had been given to her to keep her still. I have to laugh just thinking about it. I can't tell you how strong this little fighter is and it can be a task to keep her from wiggling (I wonder where she might get that from...). Regardless of her extracurricular movement, the scan went well and the doctors were able to get a clear enough picture of her lungs. We are very glad that they have a clear picture, but we would very much like to find out what it looks like and what the doctors think of it. We should receive that information tomorrow. The waiting game is understandable and annoying all at the same time.
In other news, Morgan may be able to take milk from a bottle sooner than we thought...even as early as tomorrow. There is a chance that additives will be added to her milk in order to thicken the consistency so that the milk can trickle into her tummy and not her lungs. This will be a slow process to say the least, but better than taking all of her feeds from the feeding tube. It is currently slated that she would attempt two (out of eight) meals per day from the bottle. The pulmonologist, neonatologist and speech therapist(s) will all be watching carefully as she attempts this new step. Our fingers and eyes will be crossed as we cheer her on, as parents.
Please pray as we receive the results from the CT Scan tomorrow. Please also pray for the wonderful doctors as they read it and come up with their plan of action for our daughter. Further, continue to pray for the wonderful, hands-on nurses that continue to nurture our daughter and our hearts, as we continue this road.
Finally, we continue to receive requests for more pictures of Morgan on the blog. Some pictures are cuter than others, since she is "hooked up" to something most of the time, so here is a pitcure of me playing with her on her new play mat this weekend. She loves her play mat and she is able to sit up in her "boppy pillow" and enjoy a break from her crib.
Seth and Elizabeth McCoin
So thankful to see Morgan making steady progress!
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