As most of you know April 13, 2010 was an awesome day for our family. Kevin Scott was born via a scheduled c-section. This little guy was 12 pounds even at birth and a little over 22 inches. His head measured 15 inches in circumference. After being taken out of me and shown to us the nurses rushed him to the nursery because his blood sugar was low. Kevin being the great daddy he is went with our little guy to watch over him. I was fixed up and taken to recovery.
Kevin would come to recovery with pictures of the baby and show me and then would go back to our baby. I was in recovery for a little over an hour, I had to have a couple heating blankets put on because I was so cold I had uncontrollable shaking. After recovery the nurses brought me in to see our baby in the nursery. My heart melted as soon as I saw him. I sat and held him for nearly an hour and then I started feeling tired. I was taken to my room where I had my vitals checked and all that good stuff. They took my temperature and I had a slight fever.
At feeding times they would bring the baby in for us to feed him, once they came and woke Kevin up in the middle of the night so he could go feed him. Lil Kev likes to eat!!
I started getting really sick - bad fever and body aches - I was told by a nurse I had the flu so the Lil Kev was not allowed in the room. This was very depressing - especially because my fever was getting worse and my body was shutting down.
A couple days after having Lil Kev I was taken in for a CT scan and they had found a nick in my small intestine which occurred during the c-section. I was taken up to ICU and this is the point I cannot really say anymore from what I remember.
What I am told is that I was in Septic Shock from the nicked intestine and I was close to death. I had emergency surgery. I was cut from 5 inches from the bottom of my breasts to nearly my waist. I had all of my organs taken out and rinsed off and my internal cavity rinsed out. They repaired the nick in my bowl which was 2 centimeters. I was left open for a couple days so the surgeon could go back in and rinse me out again.
I lost time - I want to say about a week or so I don’t remember. I remember waking up in the third floor room with pain in my lower abdomen from the c-section and horrible pain on my belly. I also woke up to this vacuum noise. After the surgeon closed me up she put this equipment called a wound vac on my wound. It sucks nasty infectious fluid out of the would and promotes blood to raise to the tissues. This machine will help me heal faster and with a better looking scare.
I had another CT scan done and the Doctors found fluid collecting in my abdomen, so they decided to put drains in. I now have three tubes sticking out my left side, attached to those tubes are bags that collect fluid.
When in having all this stuff happen the Doctor’s and Nurse’s screwed up three iv’s one of which has left me with little sensation in my thumb and pointer finger on my left hand. I had bruises up and down my arms and on my feet from them trying to find a vein to stick another iv. It proved unsuccessful so they decided to put a Power Pic in. It is like an iv except it is a tube that is placed under the skin on the inner part of your upper arm and the tube goes across your chest and stops right before your heart. I have to say I like the Pic - all the iv meds go in and they can take blood out - no needles anywhere else.
There is a lot more that has happened but this is the major stuff. I was in the hospital for 3 weeks and 2 days, I was unable to see the kids most of that time, not until the last week was I allowed to have them visit.
The hospital released me last Thursday to a Health and Rehabilitation Center where I will be spending the next 4-6 weeks (or however long it takes my mid section to heal). I see the kids nearly every day and I am getting better at walking and breathing every day.
I am allowed to get mail and visitors (4680 Cordata Parkway, Bellingham, WA 98226).
I am sorry for not letting people know sooner but as you can see I was not in my right mind. I do want you all to know that Baby Kevin is doing awesome, he is a month old and weighs 13 lbs. He is focusing more with his eyes and is getting pretty good with his head control. Kevin is doing fantastic as a father, you can see the love and devotion he has for our son!
Everyday will be a battle to get better but because of my kids and the support I have from Family and friends, it will be won!
