Jasmine Stalker-Firth

Neil got to hold Jasmine for the first time today. He said that it was really nice but after holding her for a while he got cramp because he didn’t dare move. When we did get her back in the cot, we noticed some bleeding from the line in her left kidney, so her dressing needed changing. She was weighed again and was 3.3kgs, which means that she is retaining too much fluid.

Jasmine’s feed is up to 14mls an hour of breast milk. She is only on one drug to help her kidneys produce urine. The right one does, but not of a great quality. And the left one only produces blood, which is horrible to look at. She is on 0.2 of oxygen but she keeps pulling the tube from her nose so with any luck she won’t need it much longer.  She slept for most of today and it was nice to see her content after a hectic day yesterday.  Other than that there is no news today. We are all waiting and seeing so that the specialists can decide on the best course of action.

Thanks to everyone for sending us emails and texts and cards, we really appreciate it.

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