A long night, and some familiar faces
Being on the floor in the step down unit, rather than the ICU, means that we get to see some of the people that first took care of Teddy when he got here. So we got to have James, the nurse who taught us all about the pulse oxygen sensor and what it means, for example. However, it does mean that some of the nurses who watched Teddy the most have to sneak down here to see our little guy if they want the chance to see how he's doing. We've had one or two visitors who've come down to check him out, and they're always thrilled to see him without all the tubes and sensors and other stuff stuck all over him. Everyone here has been great, and it's great to see how happy they are to see him and see his progress.
We're into the home stretch now. Some of the doctors were talking about perhaps letting him go home tomorrow. Well, at this point, I guess it's today. That's not going to happen. Amy wants to keep him here a little longer. He had a bit of a bad reaction to the formula that they added to his milk. It's not uncommon, but it did mean that there was a very small amount of blood in his stool. Again, this happens to lots of babies, and it's definitely not something to worry about. They just cut back on the formula and he's on straight milk. So Amy wants to give him at least 24 (or better still, 48) hours of nothing strange, odd or bad happening here. So we're looking at taking him home on Sunday, now. So, we have another 11 hours, or so, and we'll have provided care for him for a solid day straight, in the hospital, without access to things like our own bed or our kitchen. Taking care of him here is kind of like riding a bike with training wheels, but up a really steep hill. You know that nothing really bad is going to happen. You also know that you're going to have to work pretty hard to make the progress that you think you could make on your own.
But enough of that. Here are some pictures of what those nice nurses from the ICU keep wanting to sneak down to see.
We're into the home stretch now. Some of the doctors were talking about perhaps letting him go home tomorrow. Well, at this point, I guess it's today. That's not going to happen. Amy wants to keep him here a little longer. He had a bit of a bad reaction to the formula that they added to his milk. It's not uncommon, but it did mean that there was a very small amount of blood in his stool. Again, this happens to lots of babies, and it's definitely not something to worry about. They just cut back on the formula and he's on straight milk. So Amy wants to give him at least 24 (or better still, 48) hours of nothing strange, odd or bad happening here. So we're looking at taking him home on Sunday, now. So, we have another 11 hours, or so, and we'll have provided care for him for a solid day straight, in the hospital, without access to things like our own bed or our kitchen. Taking care of him here is kind of like riding a bike with training wheels, but up a really steep hill. You know that nothing really bad is going to happen. You also know that you're going to have to work pretty hard to make the progress that you think you could make on your own.
But enough of that. Here are some pictures of what those nice nurses from the ICU keep wanting to sneak down to see.
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