Life in the NICU

Happy National Prematurity Awareness Day.  To celebrate, Sam slept pretty much the entire day- especially when I was there to breastfeed.  Good thing he is cute! Today's post is all a moment of zen: … [Read more...] about Day 62: November 17

Well, 24+ hours in and Sam is still off the cannula!  What a major stud!  Everyone I talked to today feels pretty confident that Sam will go home around the week of December 7th.  For those of you counting, that's 3.5 weeks from now.  G.U.L.P. In other news, I did a little exercise today and … [Read more...] about Day 61: November 16 (Happy 2 month birthday!)

Wow.  I am still speechless from the events of today.  At around 1:45 I was starting to get things ready to hold Sam when I noticed that his nose cannula's were not staying in his nose, but he was still having really good oxygenation.  When the team came to his room for rounds, I pointed out to … [Read more...] about Day 60: November 15

A few big things happened today: Irene has entered into new territory... visiting her brother two days in a row! Sam felt sun on his skin for the first time ever: Sam had one of his best breastfeeding sessions to date.  He latched on, stayed awake, and really got a good amount of … [Read more...] about Day 59: November 14

Another Saturday, another full Harris-Odum family visit at Alta Bates.  It just warms my heart when Irene asks if she can go see Sam!  It also made Peter's day as it meant he would get to see his son.   And his son could see him: Here are a few other images and one video from … [Read more...] about Day 58, Novemeber 13