A month or so ago, someone had recommended to Stacy that she pick a date that she wanted to have James home by. Something to shoot for; a goal. Of course, the date had to be realistic. It couldn’t be "tomorrow" or “next week” when there was still a lot…
There’s James…all tucked into his bed in his room at home. After two long months in the NICU, he finally came home on October 29th, 2009. I’ve heard enough stories to know that new parents go through an adjustment period when they bring home their healthy new baby. We…
I wasn't sure if the title of this post should be NICU Day 62, or if it was an addition to Day 61. I mean technically, I guess this would be Day 62, but since it's a continuation of the Day 61 post, I decided to call it NICU Day…
Sorry that it’s been a few days since I’ve posted an update. Not much has happened the past few days, which is a good thing. We think we’ve got James under control to the point that we think he’s ready to go home. I think we’re ALL ready to go…
NICU Day 54 They bumped his feeds from 90 ml to 100 ml over 2 hours. Based on his weight, he should be at 110 ml, but they decided to go with a 10 ml increase instead of 20 ml. A woman from home health stopped by the…
Yesterday was a rather uneventful day which is why I didn’t post any updates. The only thing that happened yesterday was that he is up to his maintenance dose of Phenobarbital and will be taking it at 9 am and 9 pm via G-tube. Today he started a smaller dose…
James had another one of his “spells” during the night where his oxygen saturations (sats) dropped down into the 60s. The nurse tried to get his sats back up by doing some repositioning, and suctioning, but neither of those seemed to work. She thought maybe he was having a seizure…