Limp, Lethargic and Listless is what I would use to describe Adeline. This is the most sick we have seen her since watching her fight to live inside her isolette.
She has continued to dry heave over the past 24 hours. She wasn't able to keep even a couple swallows down until last night. I was becoming very worried that we were going to end up in the ER this morning (still a possibility) due to dehydration. Adeline just laid, and I mean couldn't hold her head up, around all day. She was happiest on our shoulder or in her crib. As I type this she is moaning in her crib because me rocking her was more aggravation than not.
No fever is present but there is an increased respiratory rate and an elevated heart rate of 160 BPM. She has slight retractions but it is hard to discern if it is just her sunken belly or if her she really is tugging in around the lower ribcage.
After arriving home from work last night at 10:40 and realizing that she hadn't had a real liquid intake in 36 hours Alex and I decided that we would wake her throughout the night and give her two ounces every two hours. It seemed to work, her diaper is wet. I assumed that tanking her up over night would change her disposition but she is still obviously in pain and has no strength or will to move.
Hopefully, she will turn a corner soon.
