Yesterday was a crazy day at the NICU, but fortunately we were observers rather than participants in the chaos. While I was visiting Colin in the morning, in the span of about an hour and a half, they admitted four babies to the NICU — all while being short one nurse, who had to go home sick.
The noise and confusion that accompanies admitting so many babies did upset Colin some, and I found that he was too sensitive for me to even touch. So I spent my visit sitting next to his bed and watching him.
Things finally settled down after the 7:00 break (in the evening), and they were able to start Colin on the steroids again. So we are hoping and praying that they work well and quickly, and that he is also able to continue tolerating the milk. We want him off the ventilator and over three pounds as quickly as possible. (He weighed 2 pounds 7.5 ounces last night.)
Veronica had a very boring day (which is good at this stage). She had an appointment with the speech therapist yesterday afternoon, and will have another today. In addition to working on speech development, speech therapists also evaluate a baby’s ability to suck. These appointments are to help us develop a plan and schedule for her bottle feeding. (Right now we’re following a random, when it seems right, plan.)
We have our first meeting with the new doctor in charge today, and will be interested to see how his opinion and plan of action differs from last month’s doctor. (They talk daily, but each doctor has his own personality, so we are sure they will have some differences in their approaches as well.) Other than that, I am hoping for a very boring Friday.
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