In order to be able to work on Jennifer better, her cast was removed by the orthopedic surgeon.  The bottom of the cast was filled with urine, and her butt looked like a red mound covered with coarse bumps - how could anyone allow a rash to become that bad.  Jennifer had been transferred back to the NICU from Section 4B at 8.30 AM.  At that time, she was pale and dusky in color, and, according to the nurse's report, she was unresponsive to even painful stimuli from the nurse.  Prior to having to be placed on the respirator because of her serious episode, she had two previous lesser low heart episodes while already in the NICU.  Both those times, she received 100% 02 bagging, and had to have cardiac massage performed - yet later that morning, but prior to my knowing of these episodes, Dr. Rubin, the man who told me just three days ago not to worry about buying a monitor because Jennifer would never have problems with not breathing, told me that Jennifer could have stayed in Section 4B, but that she was merely transferred back to the NICU because that was where she had been, and that they knew her better there.

When we finally got to see Jennifer again, she was back in the isolette with the respirator tube inserted through her mouth and a new I/V started.  She looked terrible, and her eyes were as wide open as possible as in a person who had just had a sudden fright.  Her eyes were rolling and jerking randomly in their sockets - it was the most pitiful sight that I had ever seen.  It was a sight that words can never describe nor time ever erase from my mind's eye.  We stayed until about 2:00 PM, by that time she had stabilized somewhat.  We called all of the relatives to let them know what had happened.  When we got home, I spent time going through my medical books.

We came back again at 6.00 PM.  Earlier Dr. Cromer had said that she would explain all the new equipment used on Jennifer, and the reason that each one was needed; however, over the next couple of days she never could find the time to do just that - five minutes would have been enough.  By evening Jennifer's eyes were still going randomly, but not as fast, and she was back to a normal color.  One of the things that bothered me was that if Jennifer choked on some upchucked food, why did she keep having low heart incidents long after the first one?