Showing posts with label Blog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blog. Show all posts
Monday, July 25, 2011
Saturday, July 16, 2011
New Things
Hey Readers,
First, you know you guys rock, right? Good, glad we got that outta the way.
Second, I'm working on re-designing a few things around here, so if the blog looks crazy, just stick with it, I'llhave my computer programmer brother make it better fix it ASAP.
Third, just as a FYI, did you know Miss Charlotte has a facebook page? I post there when there is a new blog post, and sometimes things end up there (ie when it is easier to pop a photo on facebook vs writing a whole post about it). Check her out.
Fourth, you can now subscribe via email. If I did it properly, it should email you when there is a new post. Of course, there's a real possibility that I did not do it properly. Let me know if it works.
Fifth, I have a new email set up for this blog. Have a question or a comment, but don't want to leave it on the blog? Go ahead and email it to me. cak.micropreemi at gmail dot com
Sixth, down here at the bottom of the posts there is now a place to share blog posts. Want to share something on Facebook? On Twitter? On Google Plus? Just click the image down there. Then the internet does something magical and viola, it appears somewhere else.
Seventh, you guys rock. Did I mention that? I did? Well, I mean it, really, I mean it.
Eighth, Charlotte's diaper really needs to be changed. Any takers? Is Caleb too young to do it?
Ninth, I've been invited to attend BlogHer '11 here in good ol San Diego. Also, I've been invited to join their advertising network. Let me know if it gets in the way or you hate it or you love it or you love me. Mostly, just let me know if you love me :)
Tenth, I have nothing. I've been writing nonsense for the last 4 items. You knew this already. And yet, you are still reading.
First, you know you guys rock, right? Good, glad we got that outta the way.
Second, I'm working on re-designing a few things around here, so if the blog looks crazy, just stick with it, I'll
Third, just as a FYI, did you know Miss Charlotte has a facebook page? I post there when there is a new blog post, and sometimes things end up there (ie when it is easier to pop a photo on facebook vs writing a whole post about it). Check her out.
Fourth, you can now subscribe via email. If I did it properly, it should email you when there is a new post. Of course, there's a real possibility that I did not do it properly. Let me know if it works.
Fifth, I have a new email set up for this blog. Have a question or a comment, but don't want to leave it on the blog? Go ahead and email it to me. cak.micropreemi at gmail dot com
Sixth, down here at the bottom of the posts there is now a place to share blog posts. Want to share something on Facebook? On Twitter? On Google Plus? Just click the image down there. Then the internet does something magical and viola, it appears somewhere else.
Seventh, you guys rock. Did I mention that? I did? Well, I mean it, really, I mean it.
Eighth, Charlotte's diaper really needs to be changed. Any takers? Is Caleb too young to do it?
Ninth, I've been invited to attend BlogHer '11 here in good ol San Diego. Also, I've been invited to join their advertising network. Let me know if it gets in the way or you hate it or you love it or you love me. Mostly, just let me know if you love me :)
Tenth, I have nothing. I've been writing nonsense for the last 4 items. You knew this already. And yet, you are still reading.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Changes
In December Charlotte had an appointment with the Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic at CHOP. I'm not linking to anything that describes Pulmonary Hypertension, because I have been severely warned and threatened that if I google the condition I will be scared and scarred for life. So you'll have to deal with my rather novice explanations today.
Basically, Pulmonary Hypertension is a condition that some preemies (or babies who have been on the ventilator for an extended period of time) develop where the pressure in the lungs is too high. This causes the heart to be a little too stressed and BAM! Bad things happen. Bad things such as dizziness, shortness of breath, inability to exert oneself, etc.
Excellent explanation, no?
Moving on. Charlotte does not technically have Pulmonary Hypertension (collective sigh of relief) but she does have the clinical manifestations of it (as CA's neonatologist would say, "Never trust a preemie"). At the appointment we asked how high CA's heart rate should be running, and he casually dismissed it as though there wasn't a limit for her heart rate.
All right. Works for me.
But not for Charlotte's Physical Therapist. So I called the office again today to get some sort of parameters so the therapist can work with CA and the Nurse Practitioner has a mini heart attack of her own when I tell her that when CA does her exercises, her heart rate can easily hit the 200's. I could hear her eyes popping out of her head when I told her that resting, Charlotte's heart rate sits at about 180.
What does all this mean? Miss Charlotte Amalie has won herself an increase in oxygen to 1/4 LPM all the time, with increases to 1 LPM when exercising, and next week we get to place a halter monitor which will check out her heart all day long.
Now, this isn't a huge deal to worry about-- we've had a million and two EKG's done as well as a few Echos and the structure of CA's heart is excellent. Yay for that. We just need to see if her high heart rate can (and should) be controlled by medicine.
If not, eh, we'll roll with it same as we are right now.
If yes, dose that baby up!
And those are the latest and greatest changes in our lives right now.
Basically, Pulmonary Hypertension is a condition that some preemies (or babies who have been on the ventilator for an extended period of time) develop where the pressure in the lungs is too high. This causes the heart to be a little too stressed and BAM! Bad things happen. Bad things such as dizziness, shortness of breath, inability to exert oneself, etc.
Excellent explanation, no?
Moving on. Charlotte does not technically have Pulmonary Hypertension (collective sigh of relief) but she does have the clinical manifestations of it (as CA's neonatologist would say, "Never trust a preemie"). At the appointment we asked how high CA's heart rate should be running, and he casually dismissed it as though there wasn't a limit for her heart rate.
All right. Works for me.
But not for Charlotte's Physical Therapist. So I called the office again today to get some sort of parameters so the therapist can work with CA and the Nurse Practitioner has a mini heart attack of her own when I tell her that when CA does her exercises, her heart rate can easily hit the 200's. I could hear her eyes popping out of her head when I told her that resting, Charlotte's heart rate sits at about 180.
What does all this mean? Miss Charlotte Amalie has won herself an increase in oxygen to 1/4 LPM all the time, with increases to 1 LPM when exercising, and next week we get to place a halter monitor which will check out her heart all day long.
Now, this isn't a huge deal to worry about-- we've had a million and two EKG's done as well as a few Echos and the structure of CA's heart is excellent. Yay for that. We just need to see if her high heart rate can (and should) be controlled by medicine.
If not, eh, we'll roll with it same as we are right now.
If yes, dose that baby up!
And those are the latest and greatest changes in our lives right now.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Button
My friend Stacia has made a "button" for our blog! Share the cuteness. To place the button on your blog do the following:
1. Copy the html from the text box on the right
2. Go to your blog
3. Select "Design"
4. Click "Add a Gadget"
5. Select the "Add html" gadget
6. Paste the Html
7. Click save
Done and done!
If I can do it, you can do it. Believe me.
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