A pretty quiet day in the NICU. Sam was a little less alert than yesterday, but that might have to do with the fact that he is back on full feeds. He also was moved out of the isolette at around midnight and put into an open crib. That lasted until about 7 pm today when he was moved from the … [Read more...] about Day 82: December 7
Life in the NICU
Day 81: December 6
Today brought relief... to my freezer space! The Mothers Milk Bank of San Jose cam and picked up approx. 1000 ounces of milk. While this helped, it just put a little dent in the supply in my freezer(s). They are going to send me a cooler this week so I can send even more milk in. Aside from … [Read more...] about Day 81: December 6
Day 80: December 5
Yesterday felt a bit like I may have hit bottom. Of course writing a blog post at 1:30 am is never a good idea! In any event, in the light of day and with a bit of sleep, i woke up feeling a bit better than the night before. I know I worried a number of people. Sorry about that. I just let my … [Read more...] about Day 80: December 5
Day 79: December 4
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
Day 78: December 3
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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