Day 109 of Life - October 5th
The little hat featured in the pics is courtesy of The Sharpies (and hand-delivered by Mama Sharpie). Ma put the hat on the "little devil" after he threw-up all over her...she thought it was appropriate!
Tomorrow, Ma and Pa (and family) will take a course in "baby" CPR. This is a requirement before the little one can go home. I'm told, though, that we won't be allowed to practice the CPR on real babies during the course!!!
I will try to update the blog tomorrow night, but I am staying with Ma and Turkey, so I cannot promise anything...the little one keeps everyone hopping!!! I will post as soon as I am able!
A busy day for the little Turkey today. He had his carseat challenge, which every infant in the NICU has to pass before they are discharged. If an infant does not pass the challenge, then they will be discharged in a carbed, instead of a carseat. During his "challenge", the little one was strapped into his carseat for 1 1/2 hours and during that time, they monitored his vitals, including his blood oxygen saturation, and recorded any dips. I'm not sure if the little one passed, but I do know that he was doing pretty well when I was there. After he got over his interest in the new "gadget" that he was sitting in, he even had a nap!!!
He had a chest X-ray yesterday, at Ma's request, and it showed nothing concerning. He does not appear to be retaining any fluid.
Tomorrow, the little one will likely go up to 7 oral feeds a day, meaning that he only has 1 more to go until he is on full oral feeds. Yippeee!!! He will also have some blood tests, as they increased his dose of Aldactazide (the diuretic). This will hopefully be his last set of blood tests before going home.
Keep up the good work, you stubborn little Turkey. We are all rooting for you and are so proud of you!!!
Tomorrow, Ma and Pa (and family) will take a course in "baby" CPR. This is a requirement before the little one can go home. I'm told, though, that we won't be allowed to practice the CPR on real babies during the course!!!
I will try to update the blog tomorrow night, but I am staying with Ma and Turkey, so I cannot promise anything...the little one keeps everyone hopping!!! I will post as soon as I am able!
A busy day for the little Turkey today. He had his carseat challenge, which every infant in the NICU has to pass before they are discharged. If an infant does not pass the challenge, then they will be discharged in a carbed, instead of a carseat. During his "challenge", the little one was strapped into his carseat for 1 1/2 hours and during that time, they monitored his vitals, including his blood oxygen saturation, and recorded any dips. I'm not sure if the little one passed, but I do know that he was doing pretty well when I was there. After he got over his interest in the new "gadget" that he was sitting in, he even had a nap!!!
He had a chest X-ray yesterday, at Ma's request, and it showed nothing concerning. He does not appear to be retaining any fluid.
Tomorrow, the little one will likely go up to 7 oral feeds a day, meaning that he only has 1 more to go until he is on full oral feeds. Yippeee!!! He will also have some blood tests, as they increased his dose of Aldactazide (the diuretic). This will hopefully be his last set of blood tests before going home.
Keep up the good work, you stubborn little Turkey. We are all rooting for you and are so proud of you!!!
posted by Like duh! @ 10:23 p.m.
1 Comments:
At 1:36 p.m.,
Anonymous said…
Way to go little man! Ma, in those carseat pictures, does he ever look like you and uncle Kabooblah when you were babies. He has the same big eyes. What a handsome little turkey! He looks fabulous! Keep doing what you're doing...it is obviously working because you both look great.
Lots of love, and happy thanksgiving!
Love Kris
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