Introduction

Our sons Charles George Fitzpatrick and Henry Michael Fitzpatrick were born prematurely on November 16, 2013 at a gestational age of 24 weeks and 1 day. Their "due date" was March 7th, 2014. We started this site on November 28th.

Both Aly and David will be posting to the site. While you will probably be able to tell who is writing by our writing styles, we will sign off on our entries with our initials so you will be sure of the author.

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

December 2, 2013 Super Short Update

Ok guys, here's a quick and dirty update on what went on yesterday. Charlie's head scan came back looking pretty much the same as last week. This is good news but there is still bleeding and it will be a problem. He most likely has a date with a neurosurgeon as he gets older. We will get more detailed information during rounds. Henry has been raising a bit of concern with his tummy. It still looks distended and yesterday I was telling anyone who had the misfortune of running into me that I felt like something was up with his tummy. His Dr. Marvelous agreed and an ultra sound was ordered. The results show some kind of fluid on the right side that forcing all his bowels over to the left. Um, ouch! Surgery looked at him prior to the ultra sound and just thought everything was normal. When they saw the ultra sound (the one they didn't think was necessary)  they agreed something looked wrong. The results are being discussed this morning and surgery could be on the table. So we wait. I'll try and update when I can. 

(A) 

2 comments:

  1. Really good job on insisting something wasn't right Aly! Lord knows if my mother wasn't like that I likely wouldn't be here today.

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  2. Thank you for keeping us all updated. Thinking of all of you constantly.

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