Life in the NICU

Today, Peter and did a divide and conquer.  We had a lot planned for the day, and the only way to pull it off was to split tasks.  I was assigned a hospital visit and Peter was assigned to go with Irene to the Thornhill walkathon.  We were then going to meet up at 4 at my parents, deposit Irene for … [Read more...] about Day 37: October 23

First and foremost... i want to warn everyone that most likely there will be no update tomorrow, 10/23.  It is Peter's birthday and a wedding reception for a friend, so Peter and I are actually taking a night off and going out. Today was probably my favorite day to date.  Sam was doing well, I … [Read more...] about Day 36: October 22

So, no news is really good news.  Sam is just doing great.  They have upped his feeds to 7 MLs every 3 hours and tomorrow they will start to increase his feeds until Sam is up to 15 MLs every 3 hours or a grand total of 120 MLS (4 ozs) every day.  Once he reaches this milestone, the staff will look … [Read more...] about Day 35: October 21 (Sam is now 5 weeks old!)

So, the past few posts have been pretty uneventful.  To quote one person... even boring.  Well, I am hoping that today's update will be as exciting for you as it is for me. First, Sam gained back all the weight he pooped out and then some.  How now weighs 2 lbs 5.4 ozs.  But more than that... … [Read more...] about Day 34: October 20

Well- yesterday Sam was a bit constipated and weighed in at 2 lbs 5.2 ozs.  Today, Sam is not as constipated and weighs in at 2 lbs 4.5 ozs.  I guess he had quite a poopy diaper for the night shift.  So glad I didn't have to change that one! Today was another quite/good day for Sam.  The … [Read more...] about Day 33: October 19