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Day 79: December 4

December 5, 2010 by melragent 1 Comment

Sleep deprivation and the stress of the past few days has started to take it's toll.  The positive facade I have managed to have for the past 70+ days has tarted to crumble.  Little things now seem like major problems.   I am taking everything much harder and having the worst time seeing the light … [Read more...] about Day 79: December 4

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Day 78: December 3

December 4, 2010 by melragent 2 Comments

I am working on 6 hours of sleep over a 48 hour period... so this will be brief.  Sam is continuing to recover from the surgery, but it is taking some time to get the sedatives out of his system.  While I try to get some sleep, I will give you just a few images of Sam from the past few days: … [Read more...] about Day 78: December 3

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Day 77: December 2 (Sam is 11 weeks old)

December 3, 2010 by melragent 2 Comments

Just a quick update to let everyone know that Sam had the surgery this evenisng. He tolerated it really well. We will not know how successful it was for a few weeks, but at least the surgery is behind us. Whatever was making Sam sick yesterday cleared up as suddenly as it came on. No idea what … [Read more...] about Day 77: December 2 (Sam is 11 weeks old)

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Day 76: December 1

December 2, 2010 by melragent 2 Comments

It's 11:50 at night and I am writing from the NICU. never a good sign. At about 6 pm, the doctor called to say there was some concern with Sam. He was very lethargic and having trouble digesting all of his food. They suspected that there might be an infection and were going to draw some blood and do … [Read more...] about Day 76: December 1

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Day 75: November 30 (35 weeks gestational age)

December 1, 2010 by melragent Leave a Comment

Today was a long day in the NICU.  I got there at 10:30 and didn't leave until 9 pm.  Part of the time, Peter and I were attending Infant CPR/Discharge class.  Didn't really learn anything new- but it was good to get the class out of the way. The main development of the day was we finally got Sam … [Read more...] about Day 75: November 30 (35 weeks gestational age)

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