[Update: Added Picture]
We finally moved yesterday to Level II. Things are a little different there so we are adjusting. I meant to take a picture but I forgot. I’ll probably stick one in later. Gideon continues to breast feed and we think he is doing great. It is just hard [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Level II
Posted in updates on May 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A Verse for the Day
Posted in faith on May 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My sister-in-law, Katy, sent this to me and I wanted to share it:
“I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.” Romans 8:18
It reminds me that everything has a purpose and all things can be used for God’s glory if we open our eyes to [...]
Movin’ On Up
Posted in nicu, updates on May 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Not to a penthouse in the sky, but to NICU Level 2, where they put babies who are not very sick and who are almost ready to go home. Woohoo!
We are waiting to see if they have a bed available and then we will move sometime today. I am going to miss having our own [...]
Gideon and Mom Updates
Posted in breastfeeding, children, nicu, updates on May 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sorry there was no update yesterday. Gideon realized both of his parents were here and if he cried and acted like something was dreadfully wrong, one of us would hold him. Spoiled already! Without all the tubes, he has only monitors and a feeding tube in his nose, we are free to pick him up [...]
Sleeping Like a Baby
Posted in children, nicu, pictures on May 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
IMG_7258
Originally uploaded by Wandering Eyre
Gideon is currently sleeping like a log. He kept himself awake most of the afternoon and night, fighting sleep like only babies and small children can do. He finally went into a dead sleep between his 3 am and 6 am feeding. This resulted in him turning his nose up at [...]
A Plan to Make Like a Tree and Leave
Posted in breastfeeding, nicu, updates on May 27, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I promise to write a longer post later about what it is like to live in a NICU room with a baby. Like any new Mom, I only have the minutes this moment to type while I wait for the sleeping beauty to finish his nap and be hungry.
Because Gideon was so sick and eating [...]
Final Obstacles
Posted in breastfeeding, children, nicu, updates on May 25, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Michelle and I are spending our Memorial Day weekend like any other parents, with our kid. Today Gideon got out his PIC line so he no longer has anything that provides a source for infection. They were able to do this because they have canceled all his intravenous feeding. He is now getting 70 CCs [...]
Snug as a Bug
Posted in pictures on May 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
SnugglyBug
Originally uploaded by Wandering Eyre
Due to technical issues this picture would not show in the last post. So here it is for the world’s viewing pleasure.
–Ries
Remodeling in D63
Posted in children, nicu, pictures, updates on May 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »
It’s hard to even recognize this room any more. The Nitric Oxide tanks are gone, the ventilator is gone, several drug pumps are gone, a monitor has left and now we have graduated to an honest to goodness crib. It’s like he’s a real baby now.
Michelle is working on the beastfeeding next to [...]
Dinner and a Nap
Posted in breastfeeding, nicu on May 23, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Today, I am back on my day job, watching the Gideon do baby things in the NICU. He is doing great today. Rounds have taken extra long today, so I have not talked to the doctors yet. The ventilator has been moved out of Gideon’s room and he now has no extra equipment in there [...]
Fibs and Tricks We Tell Our Children
Posted in silliness on May 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
When I was growing up, my Mom would give us chores to do and when we complained she would tell us that she had children for free labor because what else were kids good for anyway? We would grumble and then clean the bathroom or dust or whatever it was she had asked us to [...]
No More CPAP!
Posted in children, health, nicu, updates on May 22, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Michelle is in the Milk Bank pumping so she hasn’t heard this news yet. We left so he could get his X-ray taken. Before I could even get logged onto WiFi the nurse practitioner came out with the news. His X-ray looked good! That means he doesn’t have to get back on the CPAP. Gideon [...]
Nasal Cannula
Posted in health, nicu, pictures, updates on May 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We were really excited this morning when we walked into see Gideon just after they had rounds. Too our surprise he was laying there sleepy, contented and no more CPAP! Just the nasal cannula. We weren’t expecting him to come off that until tomorrow.
However, our excitement has been tempered since then. One of the doctors [...]
The Dad and His Boy
Posted in children, family, parents, pictures on May 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I got to hold my boy for the first time last night. Well, technically the second. Our midwife let me hold him for just a second while she was trying to bring up his O2 saturation. But that didn’t count. Last night our nurse was going to give him a bath [...]
Hand Holding
Posted in Uncategorized on May 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Hand Holding
Originally uploaded by Wandering Eyre
Sometimes, in the NICU, everyone needs a little hand holding to make them feel better about all those tubes.
Ries Reads to Gideon
Posted in Uncategorized on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ries Reads to Gideon
Originally uploaded by Wandering Eyre
This is how we spend a lot of evenings. We are still reading The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis. It is my favorite part of the day.
Attack of the Mole Baby
Posted in Uncategorized on May 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Mole Baby
Originally uploaded by Wandering Eyre
Today, Gideon got off his ventilator and graduated to a CPAP, nose tubes that give pressured oxygen. He dislikes it immensely, but it is a huge step forward. I think he looks like a mole. His eyes can not even open all the way because of the air going in [...]
On the Docket
Posted in health, nicu, updates on May 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am at the hospital today and I was hoping I would be able to hold him today. But Gideon has a busy day planned for him so I will exercise some patience and wait until Thursday.
What does Gideon have planned for today? Well, I’ll tell you.
There is some concern about his adrenal [...]
