November 15 was day2 in the NICU for our little guy. He had a rough night on the 14th and was just not happy. This made me very emotional. As if I didn't already have that for an issue! He was just so agitated and irritated. It was SO SO SO hard to not be able to pick him up and love and comfort him. All I could do was put my hands on his head and feet or chest. This helped some. The nurse just kept saying he was hungry and this killed me! We cn't feed him until his air pressure comes down to 1.5. It was so hard to watch him and know that I could make him happy if I could just feed him. When we finally left him for the night and went back to my room, I got a call that they had to put him back on the CPAP. :( We were sad but if that is what he needed, we were fine with it. I had a very rough night and so they gave me something to help me sleep since I had only slept about 3 hours since having him! When our pediatrician (Who I totally LOVE) came in the morning of the 15th to give me an update, Deegan was still on the CPAP. He had hoped they would have weined him off during the night but he must have still needed the extra help.
We got ready and went down to see him. He was doing well and they thought he would be off the CPAP soon. I went to a class and Eric stayed with him all morning. He gave him a blessing as well. Long story short, he is off CPAP and doing great. I was able to do Kangaroo care (skin to skin) with him for 2 hours! He loved it was a perfect the whole time! He was down on his air pressure to 2 liters. The goal was 1.5 so we could try feeding him. I left him to be discharge and move to my "suite". After dinner we went back and to our surprise, he was down to 1.5 liters and getting ready to be fed! Eric got to feed him a whole 3 ml! For anyone that doesn't know how much that is, all we used was a bottle nipple and the 3 ml only filled part of it. He was a little slow but got it all down. I took a bunch of pics yesterday as well but since my memory card was not in and I forget my camera cord, no pics for now!
I got up bright and early to get in and see my boy and was sad that I had forgotten that they close the NICU from 8-9 for the Dr.'s to do their rounds. So I am down at the cafeteria waiting for it to be 9!
I have some video to upload but am cluless on how to do it! Any help would be great! Well, I am off to go see him and get un update. Hopefully he will be totally off the nasal canula today! I will for sure have pics later.
5 months ago
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poor little guy! he's fighting though so he can go home with you guys :)
about the video thing. i have only used my camera as a camcorder so i've been able to upload it while posting. the icon to upload is right next to the picture upload icon. hope it works for you because i really want to see some videos of him. lots of love your way!
You are being a great mommy!!! I am glad you guys got to feed him finally! That is a great step! You are in our prayers!
I'm so sorry!! What a rough day yesterday!!! And the emotions just don't help. I'm glad he's doing so much better though! I can't wait to see more pictures. I'm impressed you're so good at blogging right now, I'd be a mess! And yay for eating! each day will get better, and you just have to remember that he was 5 weeks early. He's doing very well, but that doesn't make it better. He's in our prayers!!
It sounds like he's doing better, so that's great! Hang in there, it does get better. I'm excited to see more pictures!
I am loving all these Deegan updates! I hope he continues to do well. You guys are for sure in my thoughts.
If i can help with anything please let me know.
Babies really do put you through an emotional rollercoaster! Hang in there...he's getting what he needs...loving parents and good doctors. Good luck Brooke, you're doing great!
Congrats it sounds like it has been a rough one but I am sure things are going to get better good luck. He is super cute
Oh my gosh! He is so cute and I love the fuzz on his body. You will miss that someday :) I'm so glad to hear that he is doing better. I hope you get to hold him as much as you want really soon. You guys are in our prayers!
Oh bless his heart. I'm so happy he's doing better than the other night. What a stressful thing for a new Mommy to go through! Geesh, as if there isn't already ENOUGH on your plate, huh?! If it helps... about the emotional stuff... I was a serious, SERIOUS WRECK after having Savannah. The hormones just go crazy and I coudln't go an hour without bawling my eyes out. So don't worry, you cry as much as you need to! I'm sure a lot of it is just the stress and lack of sleep, like you said! Take care of yourself and I can't wait to see more pictures of Deegan!
Wow!!! I couldn't believe it when I heard!!! Congrats on a beautiful baby boy!!! and you are doing a wonderful job, I would be a mess... I for sure would be running around like a chicken with my head cut off... Keep up with the rubbing his feet... (of course I would say that!) his little lung reflexes are right below his toe. Babies are so receptive that just the lightest touch over that area will help to heal. Great job MOM!!!Please call me if I can do anything for you. Luv, hugs and prayers for you and your family!
Sheena
Aunt Nancy here...I am thankful you are seeing improvement each day. I know it is so difficult to watch tiny ones go through all this. It's even hard for your mom to watch you going through it. Love and prayers.
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