At 7:30 this morning, I received a phone call from the nurse taking care of Avery. It's NEVER a good thing when the nurses call during shift change. She called to let me know that Avery is sick. During the night Avery had two "spells." This is when her heart rate and oxygen saturation levels dropped at the same time, usually a sign of an infection or apnea. Apnea is common in preemies (especially for those born at or before 34 weeks), but not with Avery. She also had a fever and an elevated heart rate, both signs of an infection.
By the time I got to the hospital, they had her on two antibiotics and ran lots of tests. They won't know until Wednesday night or Thursday morning if it is an infection or where it's coming from. The doctors and nurses are pretty confident that its an infection. After I had been there an hour, she had a another spell. It was so hard to watch and know that I couldn't do a thing. They put her back on oxygen to hopefully prevent anymore.
At Josh's lunch, I went and picked him up at school. When we got back to the hospital, Avery had another little spell. This one was much smaller than the rest. After that, Josh gave Ave a blessing. What an amazing blessing the priesthood is! Since early this afternoon, she has been good!
Now all we can do is sit, wait and pray. Please pray for our little one.
9 years ago
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You are in our prayers! Love you guys and hope all will be well soon.
That sucks. I was hoping her hospital stay would be without incident. Hopefully they'll find where the infection is and treat it.
I'm glad to hear Josh gave her a blessing and she hasn't had anymore spells. I'll continue to pray for you guys!
You're in my prayers. I think you guys are amazing. How thankful and blessed we are to have the Priesthood in our lives.
hope things get better. We'll keep you all in our prayers
Thank goodness for priesthood blessings. We'll keep you, Avery, and Josh in our prayers. We love you!
oh hil, you are amazing. seriously. you are always in my thoughts and prayers- little ave is a fighter! what a strong little spirit she must have. i love you guys so much!
xoxo
We will continue to pray for Avery and your family. I hope that she starts doing better soon! Let me know if you need anything!
We continue to pray for you and your sweet little baby. We anxiously watch your blog to keep up on the progress and our thoughts and prayers are with you.
I will definitely keep you guys in my thoughts and prayers! She is such a fighter I am sure she will be just fine.
You are always in our thought and prayers!! The priesthood really is so great, so wonderful to have husbands who hold it. You are amazing!!
Hilary! I'm blog stocking you! I'm new at this whole blog thing so you won't find much on me just yet. I just wanted to say hi and congrats on your tiny one - she is so cute & I love her name! I'm so glad to hear she is doing well, and I wish her a speedy recovery. I bet you guys can't wait to have her home! And Vegas I bet it's an adventure of your lives! Hope all is well for you. Jamie (Bell) Goff
ugh! those infections. they makes us all go crazy. just try to not look at the monitors the ENTIRE time you're visiting her. all the beeping gave me nightmares.
i hope they find out soon what the problem is. hopefully she'll recover soon. we'll be thinking about you & please let us know how she's doing.
Every night all the kids pray for her and last night Nick even added "and thank you for Diego that Hilary and Josh gave to me". I wish we could be there with you. Keep us posted-- all will be okay!! Love you guys! Em
oh hil, i'm sorry! that's something you never want to hear. we'll pray for you guys and hope they figure this thing out soon!
Oh Hilary, how are you hanging in there? I hope your little Avery gets healthy you need her home and more importantly healthy. Hope you know you're in my thoughts and prayers. Love you and hope things go well for your sweet little family.
I'm so sorry to hear that. I know she will pull through. She seems like a strong sweet little girl. She has been through a lot already in her life. Your little family is in our prayers.
That is so scary- that helpless feeling! We'll keep you in our prayers!
You put on such a brave face! I know it is hard watching your little girl in the hospital. Please know I'm here if you need ANYTHING!!!!!
It goes without say that you are in our prayers!
Love you friend. You are in our prayers as always. Hang in there.
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