Life in the NICU

So after our late night at the hospital, it was really hard to get up today.  I even slept through 2 pumping alarms!  Once I finally got things (ahem) cleared up, I gave the hospital a call around 9:30 and got pretty good news: Sam was peeing up a storm- meaning his kidneys were starting to work … [Read more...] about Day 19: October 5

I am OK.  I am tired, but I seem to be OK.  I will be having a follow up ultrasound on Friday just to make 100% sure that everything with me is good.  The medicine made me very crampy, so I spent the day back on percoset. As for Mr. Sam... he had a mixed day.  I got to the hospital around 10 am … [Read more...] about Day 18: October 4

Today started off really nicely for all.  All three of us slept until 8:30... something unheard of in this house since Irene was born.  I guess we were all pretty exhausted.  We made it to one of our favorite breakfast spots by 9:45- had a great meal and then head off to Target.  A perfectly normal … [Read more...] about Day 17: October 3

What a roller-coaster!  After I wrote about what a great day Sam was having, things took a funky turn.  First came the call from Laura that for the first time in 15 days Sam was going to change rooms.  Apparently this is totally common in the NICU, but for some reason this got me unsettled.  It felt … [Read more...] about Day 16: October 2