Life in the NICU

It's election day, so I am hoping everyone out there has voted.  In watching the returns, I am a bit concerned about the state of politics in this country!  At least some of the crackpots running have lost (Yes, Christine O'Donnell I am talking about you!).  But I digress. I arrived at the NICU … [Read more...] about Day 47: November 2

To quote Theresa, this will be a pretty boring week for Sam... we hope.  There is very little planned for Sam.  I think they just want to let him have a week to just grow and thrive.  I believe the term used to describe Sam in the NICU is he is now a "grower and feeder".  So, these are the few … [Read more...] about Day 46: November 1

Good news!  The bad nurse was not with Sam today- one of our favorites, Gaye was!  Phew!  I was so worried that we were going to have a problem today, but Gaye to the rescue.  My favorite thing was, when I called Gaye to see how Sam was doing, she had so little to say, that we talked more about … [Read more...] about Day 45: October 31 (Happy Halloween)

Sam is doing great on the nose cannulas.  He has had only a few minor brady's and desats- nothing to worry about.  His meals are up to 25 MLs a feed.  He is doing so well on them and gaining weight that they keep upping the limit they will take him to.  Sam is also a nice and chunky 2 lbs 11.2 ozs.  … [Read more...] about Day 44: October 30

Mr. Sam does not fail to impress.  Overnight, Sam had his PICC line removed and by 9 am, it was decided he was doing so well, that they wanted to take him off CPAP and put him on the nose cannulas full time.  As of 8 pm, he was still on the cannulas and doing great. Sam's main day nurse, Laura, … [Read more...] about Day 42: October 28 (6 weeks old!)