Two steps forward one step back.
Over the weekend we received some not so good news about Faith. While visiting on Friday I was informed she has a broken rib and I could not hold her The did not know the reason for the broken rib, but think it may be from the heart surgery. They did also said her bones are very brittle. This is do to her liver not being capable of processing vitamin D. Her liver has been damaged by the TPN(interveous food) she was given early on.
On Sunday we received a call that she had an eye exam that showed stage 3 ROP. She needs eye surgery immediately. The doctors explained without surgery she will likely go blind. She scheduled to have the surgery tomorrow. The surgery sounds simple enough with little risk, but she will likely lose some of her peripheral vision as they actually laser that part of the retina
Then late Sunday evening will received another call that she had to be reintibated. Her blood gases were not good and she was destating. So Faith is back on the ventilator. No timetable was given but hopefully as short as possible.
These changes are upsetting and disappointing. She seemed to be doing better.
Ashleigh is doing ok. She's now 6lbs+. She has been a little stuffy and didn't poop til late last night. We were glad to have her poop.
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Good news, bad news does always seem to come in waves. We're continuing to pray for Faith, and hoping that she will find the strength she'll need for this surgery and the battles to come. Keep feeling everyone's support from the outside and try to keep us up-to-date. Oh, and we'll keep praying for the Ashleigh poo too!
Love,
The Kitts
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