Is this ever going to get any easier? What are we doing wrong?! If you’ve been following James' story, you know that James has been in the hospital a couple of times for respiratory distress. We’ve been trying our best to care for him at home, but sometimes it feels…
When James was discharged from the NICU and was finally able to go home, we received a bunch of equipment from home health. Everything James needed to survive outside the hospital: pulse oximeter (pulse ox) that constantly monitors the oxygen saturations in his blood as well as his heartrate; feeding…
This poor kid (and his parents) just can’t catch a break. Here we go for another hospital stay. But before I get to that, I should probably fill you in with some back story in case you haven’t read the First Trip to the ER post. Even if you did…
On Friday, November 27th, the day after Thanksgiving, James had an appointment with his pediatrician and got three vaccinations: Rotavirus, Hib (Haemophilus influenza type b) and IPV (Inactivated poliovirus). By Saturday James had mucus constantly running out of his nose. For a while, we just couldn’t keep up with suctioning;…
WARNING: Very Long Post! After spending two months going back and forth to the hospital to see James in the NICU, I thought I would take some time to write about our experience to give others an idea of what it was like. If you have been following James’…
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…