Not quite herself

Jasmine’s blood pressure was really high in the night and the nurses had to give her something to bring it down. She was also sick through the night even though she was on a continous feed. She was put back on continous feed mode this morning after she had been sick during a ‘normal’ feed at 9am. She didn’t throw up at all for the rest of the day and slept for most of it.

After about 5pm she seemed more like herself and woke up when we changed her nappy. Then Neil did the catheter exit site dressing for the first time. He said afterwards that he found it very stressful. Jasmine was quiet through most of it and only wriggled a bit. Jo, the nurse looking after us today, changed Jasmine’s nephrostomy dressing as Jasmine had managed to get poo on it.

They are keeping Jasmine off dialysis again tonight as she is managing ok without it and they want to see how much kidney functionality there is. Her creatinine level has started climbing (from 161 to 214) but her kidney is producing more urine. They have reduced the amount of protein in her feed to try to stop her urea levels rising.

One Response to “Not quite herself”

  1. Alaina says:

    Hi. Somehow, I came across your posts about Jasmine. : ) I am in Elgin, Texas, and enjoyed seeing her beautiful face and soulful eyes. Ya’ll are doing a wonderful job! Best wishes to all of you and my heart goes out to such a special baby! With love and horse-prayers ~ Alaina

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