First time events

August 18, 2012 That morning, due to the concerns of her heart rate and the morphine, the doctor decided to switch her pain medication to Tylenol instead. They say babies seem to handle pain relatively well which seemed to be true given the fact that Faye slept it off. At 2:00 pm I was able to hold my baby after her surgery for the first time. I must admit that it was kind of scary because I was scared to hurt her, but my baby needed to know I was there.

7:08 pm had her first fart and 8:30 pm she had her first poop! Even though it wasn't green, it was more of dark yellow brown. This was a great a sign of her Kasai working. The surgeons kept asking me, and to be honest I was kind of let down nothing happened that day. But that night was full of happiness! Another positive step was removng the tube out of her nose because they had already stopped suction.

August 19, 2012 8:00 am Faye has her first green poop! Though it was more of a very black dark green, it was still green! All good signs. From there the surgeons gave Faye the good to go with drinking pedialyte. 10:30 am she drank 6 ounces of pedialyte but threw up some, which I believe 6 ounces was too much when she only drinks 4 ounces. But the surgeons told me ad-lib therefore I thought she was just hungry. 1:21 pm, Faye was off of IV fluids which was such a happy feeling, it all meant things were going the right direction. But then when the surgeons made their rounds that night, they were concerned about Faye's distending belly and swelling so they ordered an X-ray.

August 20, 2012 3:00 am our nurse Malorie took us down to radiology for an X-ray. Unfortunately her right hand IV started to leak and an IV nurse was called in. 5:27 am They gave us two options; to poke around her arms and legs and hope we find a vein or just do a one poke scalp IV.
Also, this is the day Faye received her first dose of Lasix;

"Lasix (furosemide) is a loop diuretic (water pill) that prevents your body from absorbing too much salt, allowing the salt to instead be passed in your urine. Lasix treats fluid retention (edema) in people with congestive heart failure, liver disease, or a kidney disorder such as nephrotic syndrome."

at 5:00 pm. So with this medication, we're hoping this medication would help her "pee" out the excess fluid in her belly.