First the good news:
Today we had our first follow-up with the physical therapist(PT) for Maya. Apparently all premature babies have the privilege of getting an extra follow-up schedule all the way to 3 years of age. Today was the first one of these visits and they were checking that Maya was developing well, have good muscle tone, flexibility and movement.
Our PT, Mary, was very happy with Maya and told us she was very strong, flexible and was doing everything even a full term baby should be doing by now. Maya is a social butterfly and talked non-stop during our visit and even managed to throw in a few smiles to charm her evaluator. We got a stack of papers for massages, stretches and exercises to do to keep her in good shape (I think daddy needs this more than Maya to be honest).
Then the tears:
After the physical therapy we had to do another blood draw for the kidney doctor. Unfortunately ( or maybe it was fortunate?) dad had to rush back to work while mommy took Maya for the blood draw.
The first nurse immediately admitted defeat in drawing blood from a baby and called in reinforcement. The second nurse did not want to draw blood from the foot (which is what has been done previously) since this would take five pricks and a lot more pain for Maya. She settled for the hand and tried to find a vein to draw from. After a while nurse #2 gave up and called in nurse #3. Nurse #3 was super senior and was assisted by #2. In the end #3 managed to draw the necessary blood while #2 was holding our princess down. Maya was crying at the top of her lungs, nurse 2 was crying and I think a couple of people waiting in the lab cried as well. I can assure you that dad would have cried too if he was there. :(
From now on, we will not agree to any more prodding and poking unless it's urgent and important. Sometimes I get a feeling that these American doctors are a bit overzealous in their effort to follow-up and make sure all is well. Now please keep your fingers crossed/hall tummarna, pray, think good thoughts or whatever strikes your fancy, that this is the last time for a long long time that we have to do this.
7 comments:
The picture hurts my heart. :(
Stackars lilla Maya Farmor hade nog blivit väldigt upprörd över deras beteende och stoppat det hela.
Måste ha varit jobbigt för Cindy när Maya var så ledsen.
Ge vår lilla prinsessa en stor kram och puss från farmor farfar och Malin
Ja, det var inte kul men som tur var sa hade Cindy sina foraldrar dar som hjalp.
Maya was so brave that by the time we left the hospital, she was smiling like nothing had ever happened. Mommy was really proud of her.
Mommy
Sam had blood test at 9 month, it was hard. I can imagine how hard it is on Maya. She is doing so well, there is no more need to do blood test.
Dette hørtes jævlig ut, men hun vil ikke huske noe av det - i motsetning til hennes mor.
Thanks for all the sympathy.
Saw the kidney doctor again yesterday. The result was very good and the doctor said he couldn't have expected better numbers. But still he suggested another blood test in three months. (well, the American way, right? To be 110% sure.) Though mommy and daddy wish that there would be no more blood tests for Maya until she has enough meat on her, it's hard to persuade doctors. So there'll be another heartbroken picture in April.
Mommy
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