Life in the NICU

Another great day at the NICU with a nice long visit from Lisa Harter and a rare double parent visit! Lisa took some really cool pictures of Sam.  I am looking forward to getting my hands on the images and sharing them all with you. And now your moment of Zen: … [Read more...] about Day 56: November 11 (Happy 8th week birthday!)

Sam had his first minor setback in weeks today... and it really wasn't much of a setback.  I mentioned yesterday that they had reduced the flow on his cannula from 2 liters to 1 liter.  By this morning, Sam was back on 2 liters.  He just wasn't ready for the change.  Honestly, I am OK with it.  The … [Read more...] about Day 55: November 10

Sam is now officially 32 weeks gestational age.  I would have loved for him to reach that age still in utero... but that was just not meant to be.  It is hard for me to believe that we have come as far as we can.  I mean, 60 days ago I was admitted to the hospital and that doctors were trying to … [Read more...] about Day 54: November 9

Today we did a little experiment.  We weighed Sam before putting him on the breast, and then weighed him again after he spent 30 minutes sucking.  Well... it is now official... I have a breastfeeding baby!  We were able to see a slight gain in weight in those 30 minutes- meaning Sam is not only … [Read more...] about Day 53: November 8