After last night's bloody stool, the doctors did an X-Ray of Maggie's tummy this morning. The doctors were concerned with what they saw on the x-ray. She hasn't had another bloody stool since last night, but the doctors wanted to rule out the possibility of NEC - Necrotizing Eterocolitis - which would be a very serious problem with her bowels. One of the doctors said that Maggie shows no apparent signs of this since she has been tolerating her feeds well, been stooling well, etc. - but they are taking every precaution to make sure she is OK.
So, Maggie's feeds stopped today and she has an IV again to receive antibiotics and TPN. The doctors have to run a blood culture, we will have preliminary results from the test tomorrow morning and will have final results Sunday morning.
This was discouraging news to me today, since Maggie did such a great job nursing (14ml) and she has been making such great progress over the last three weeks. My visit this afternoon was cut short because they needed to start her IV immediately. I pray that she is OK.
Jeff went to the hospital tonight to kangaroo with Maggie. He didn't get to see her today, as he had to work. Hopefully, we'll have good news in the morning.
Please keep Maggie in your prayers this weekend.
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