Wednesday, July 20, 2011

A Pleasant Blessing

Tirzah Grace Trautman entered this world one week ago today. Her name literally means a pleasant blessing and she is. She was born via c-section (my 2nd). We chose a c-section for many reasons and I do not regret my decision. With the timing of her estimated delivery and the logistics of getting seven kids where they needed to go it was just the better decision. She is doing well. She had an ultrasound in the hospital that confirmed mild to moderate hydronephrosis (or enlarged kidneys). They found that her left kidney is enlarged. They are going to do another ultrasound next Friday and from that will determine what they need to do. Pray that the kidney will be normal size by then. She also had some issues with her bili levels but they let us go home. I was so ready to leave the hospital. She is a great nurser and sleeper. She actually slept 5 hours last night. Good girl. She is truly a miracle and I love holding her and the boys and Esther can't stay away. I am constantly shooing them out of my room where I have been for the past week. This time around I was experiencing extreme pain on the left side of my incision. I could only tolerate moving a little and could not get off the pain medication. I called the doctor in tears yesterday and they got me in today. They looked at the incision and found that the nurse who took my staples out and put the steri stripes did a poor job. They ended up having to take them all out in the office and reapply them. They also found an area where there was a collection of blood or fluid that they had to drain. That required them to open the incision a little. It was painful but luckily I had taken a pain pill before going to the doctor so it was tolerable. They told me to spend a few more days on the pain medication and to try not and move around as much as possible to give the incision time to drain and then heal. I am still in pain but at least I can walk upright now instead of hunched over. I am so glad I went to the doctor and they were able to fix the problem. I feel like I can really start healing now. Oh, she weighed 7 lbs. 10 oz. and 20 inches long. Esther still holds the record for my smallest baby.