HKU

Heart and Kidney Unit (HKU)

Our new home until we are discharged :) Things here are crazy chill, from the minute Jordan got her room we pretty much had full access to do whatever we wanted with her. We can change her diaper freely, wipe her down, feed her bottles and even hold her!

I've never been so excited and nervous at the same time

In the HKU the nutritionist wanted to start Jordan immediately on her 30 cal/oz "protein shakes" to help make up for lost time. This was a terrible decision. In the above picture I was giving her her first 4 oz protein shake, about 5 mins after finishing she violently threw it all up :( We thought it was just a fluke, until she did it with her next one, and the next, and the next. 4 Bottles. The nurses were going to continue on this puke fest until I asked to switch her to plain breastmilk, they reluctantly agreed and BAM she held it down no problem, imagine that :) So She was on BM for all of Friday and did fantastic.  She has been eating, burping, going to the bathroom, pretty much meeting the all the normal baby requirements. On Saturday her daily chest x-ray showed that it was time to remove her chest tubes and pacing wires. Those hurt. They gave Jordan some morphine then grabbed those suckers and yanked, like starting a lawn mower! It looked terrible and boy did she wail, poor baby. It got a lot better fast though and she loves being held. As of right now we can go home Monday and we can't wait! I can't believe we will be bringing home Jordan with her little mended heart.

Jordan turns 4 months old

first getting to the HKU

Chest tubes out and feeling good