Friday update:
Today was a wonderful day with Mason. I walked into the NICU and he was out of the room and on the floor. He is in a basinet/crib like the one every baby is in when they are born. He didn't have the nose canola in anymore either!!! So basically he has monitors on and a iv that is not pumping fluids, just there to have the line in just in case!
I feed him all day today and was at the hospital from 8am to 6 then came home to diner and bathtime with Ayden, and back for the 8 o clock feed. They are giving him mama's milk tonight 3 times in a bottle, then the same thing tommorrow! I am making so much milk he is having issues eating. I am pumping every two hours and feeding him every three. I am really going to have to tackle over supply when he finally gets home! He is on a three hour schedule, but they said I could feed him more if I want and he wanted, but he is really sleepy in there, it is hard enough to do it every three hours
)
To come home, he has to be stable and have stable medicine levels. They also have to do another MRI so we have a baseline for future nuerologist appointments. The doctors were very busy today and haven't gotten to rounds yet with Mason, but I will call at like 1 am to check on him and see what comes next. He really looks like he was never a sick baby!
Thanks again to everyone that helped us. I wanted to give people updates!
This is a link to pictures of him from the last two days, the first ones are from yesterday with the oxygen tubing.
Mason pics
Mason Fraser Dominy was born on the 17th. I posted for prayers and thoughts on the yahoo board, but as not everyone is there, I am posting a synopis of updates on his health, with the happiest of updates from today first, ending with his birth! Details of birth will come when I have time!!!
Thursday, July 20, 2006
I am amazed!
Three days ago I had the one of the sickest babies in the NICU. He had a personal nurse and was rapidily undergoing tests to determine what was going on with him.
Today, I visited my pink precious son. He has colorful blankets, no batman mask to protect his eyes from the lights he no longer needs. He has had a bath, and his weight (hadn't been done for fear of moving him). He has maintained a good weight. He is no longer seizuring. He is forgetting to breath every once in while becuase of medicine, but not to bad. His nose canola (oxygen tubes) are set on room air (air you and I breath) just helping with a little puff! He will be moved to a bed soon also (no warmer). GOD is huge! I have always been a chirstian, but I am moved to a new belief! We have not feared, and he has answered our prayers and protected our little man, when things could of been so bad for him!
Mason breastfeed this morning and gets to continue all day long!!!!! I will now be struggling with where to be, with my son Ayden or at the hospital all the time with my new guy Mason! My hubby has amazed me in every way, and will be just fine with my older son, so I think I know where I am needed most! I hope to have an update on Mason's last EEG and an estimated come home date soon! I will let everyone know! I am so grateful for everyone...please pass this along, as the people that prayed for me and my family need to know I truly love you all and owe you everything!!!
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Mason's update 7/19/2006
Mason got his third CT scan last night and there was no change! This is the best possible news we can expect at this point. It also meant he got to stay in The Woodlands as oppossed to going downtown. He stopped bleeding during the day, and had gotten no worse! We woke up this morning at 5am, and they took him off the ventilater (sp?). He was angry and cried (such a sweet sound) but was breathing on his own for over an hour. He was still going strong when we had to leave.
This has taught me so much about positive thinking, and the power of prayer! I am brought to tears writing this for all of your love and thoughts!
What is to come for Mason: He has an MRI today to check for fluid, damage, blood vessels, etc. He will have another EEG for seizure activity, and he will hope to stay off the ventilater. I will keep you all updated, as you are such a big part of my son's recovery.
Please keep praying and thinking as my baby and my family still have oh so many challenges to come!!!! Thank you all)
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Baby Mason, please pray!!!!
Mason Fraser Dominy was born at 8:30am on the 17th, and he was 8 lbs 12 oz and 21 inches long. He stayed with us while recovering and was with us until 4:30ish. At about 4:30 he stopped breathing while he was in his room with us. We called the nurse and he was whisked away to the NICU. Mason has bleeding in the layers between his brain and skull, and a little inside his brain. This had gotten worse as the day went on, but was not significant at birth. They are most worried about the later, bleeding in his brain, as that will cause damage, but hopefully we will be able to teach around the damaged areas. They do not know how it will effect his development, but we will watch him closely for the next 5 years. He is on a breathing machine, iv, and will begin to get a feeding tube tommorrow. He will, if the bleeding does not progress come home on lots of medicine, and machines to monitor breathing in about 2 weeks. If it does not stop, he will have an operation to relieve pressure, and still hope to not have long term damage, but not be home for a long time.
I am telling my son, he will be better, and this will pass. We are planning on a miracle, not hoping but planning. Please pray (if you do not pray, keep him in your thoughts!) for our baby, and strength for our family!
Thank you ahead of time for your thoughts!!!
Today was a wonderful day with Mason. I walked into the NICU and he was out of the room and on the floor. He is in a basinet/crib like the one every baby is in when they are born. He didn't have the nose canola in anymore either!!! So basically he has monitors on and a iv that is not pumping fluids, just there to have the line in just in case!
I feed him all day today and was at the hospital from 8am to 6 then came home to diner and bathtime with Ayden, and back for the 8 o clock feed. They are giving him mama's milk tonight 3 times in a bottle, then the same thing tommorrow! I am making so much milk he is having issues eating. I am pumping every two hours and feeding him every three. I am really going to have to tackle over supply when he finally gets home! He is on a three hour schedule, but they said I could feed him more if I want and he wanted, but he is really sleepy in there, it is hard enough to do it every three hours
)To come home, he has to be stable and have stable medicine levels. They also have to do another MRI so we have a baseline for future nuerologist appointments. The doctors were very busy today and haven't gotten to rounds yet with Mason, but I will call at like 1 am to check on him and see what comes next. He really looks like he was never a sick baby!
Thanks again to everyone that helped us. I wanted to give people updates!
This is a link to pictures of him from the last two days, the first ones are from yesterday with the oxygen tubing.
Mason pics
Mason Fraser Dominy was born on the 17th. I posted for prayers and thoughts on the yahoo board, but as not everyone is there, I am posting a synopis of updates on his health, with the happiest of updates from today first, ending with his birth! Details of birth will come when I have time!!!
Thursday, July 20, 2006
I am amazed!
Three days ago I had the one of the sickest babies in the NICU. He had a personal nurse and was rapidily undergoing tests to determine what was going on with him.
Today, I visited my pink precious son. He has colorful blankets, no batman mask to protect his eyes from the lights he no longer needs. He has had a bath, and his weight (hadn't been done for fear of moving him). He has maintained a good weight. He is no longer seizuring. He is forgetting to breath every once in while becuase of medicine, but not to bad. His nose canola (oxygen tubes) are set on room air (air you and I breath) just helping with a little puff! He will be moved to a bed soon also (no warmer). GOD is huge! I have always been a chirstian, but I am moved to a new belief! We have not feared, and he has answered our prayers and protected our little man, when things could of been so bad for him!
Mason breastfeed this morning and gets to continue all day long!!!!! I will now be struggling with where to be, with my son Ayden or at the hospital all the time with my new guy Mason! My hubby has amazed me in every way, and will be just fine with my older son, so I think I know where I am needed most! I hope to have an update on Mason's last EEG and an estimated come home date soon! I will let everyone know! I am so grateful for everyone...please pass this along, as the people that prayed for me and my family need to know I truly love you all and owe you everything!!!
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Mason's update 7/19/2006
Mason got his third CT scan last night and there was no change! This is the best possible news we can expect at this point. It also meant he got to stay in The Woodlands as oppossed to going downtown. He stopped bleeding during the day, and had gotten no worse! We woke up this morning at 5am, and they took him off the ventilater (sp?). He was angry and cried (such a sweet sound) but was breathing on his own for over an hour. He was still going strong when we had to leave.
This has taught me so much about positive thinking, and the power of prayer! I am brought to tears writing this for all of your love and thoughts!
What is to come for Mason: He has an MRI today to check for fluid, damage, blood vessels, etc. He will have another EEG for seizure activity, and he will hope to stay off the ventilater. I will keep you all updated, as you are such a big part of my son's recovery.
Please keep praying and thinking as my baby and my family still have oh so many challenges to come!!!! Thank you all
)Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Baby Mason, please pray!!!!
Mason Fraser Dominy was born at 8:30am on the 17th, and he was 8 lbs 12 oz and 21 inches long. He stayed with us while recovering and was with us until 4:30ish. At about 4:30 he stopped breathing while he was in his room with us. We called the nurse and he was whisked away to the NICU. Mason has bleeding in the layers between his brain and skull, and a little inside his brain. This had gotten worse as the day went on, but was not significant at birth. They are most worried about the later, bleeding in his brain, as that will cause damage, but hopefully we will be able to teach around the damaged areas. They do not know how it will effect his development, but we will watch him closely for the next 5 years. He is on a breathing machine, iv, and will begin to get a feeding tube tommorrow. He will, if the bleeding does not progress come home on lots of medicine, and machines to monitor breathing in about 2 weeks. If it does not stop, he will have an operation to relieve pressure, and still hope to not have long term damage, but not be home for a long time.
I am telling my son, he will be better, and this will pass. We are planning on a miracle, not hoping but planning. Please pray (if you do not pray, keep him in your thoughts!) for our baby, and strength for our family!
Thank you ahead of time for your thoughts!!!
Congratulations on your precious baby boy.
WOW! What an incredible recovery story. May all continue to go well from here! Congratulations on your baby!
:Your little guy has no choice but to continue to thrive, and grow into a strong healthy young man. How could he not, with a mom like you?? Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us - - I know I could stand to learn a thing or two from you! 
