Patrick
Patrick looked good tonight. As usual, we woke him up from his nap, so he looks very sleepy in all of his pictures. When I called today, they said that they put him back on a cannula. They said that he was "dsating" a little, and hanging out in the 80's for awhile. The 80's aren't bad, but if they see him low for awhile, they like to help him out. They placed him on a pedi-flow cannula. Basically it is such low flow, that the nurses said you blowing in his face is pretty much a stronger flow than this cannula. They said it was just enough to keep him up in the 90's. That being said, they said that they are looking at him going home soon...but on oxygen. Okay, I was excited so I thought, that sucks, but he is home right? Then my hubby started saying, that that is bad, because that means that there is going to be a nurse over all the time, we have to fill up his tanks, he is going to be a monitor, and they have to check that. It basically would come with some kind of in-home care. Mmmmm, no thank you. I want nothing to do with that. It is crazy around here enough with one baby and the dog. The last thing that we need here is a person coming over everyday that the dog doesn't know, sending him into complete fits of protective rage, that I have to listen to. Enter more Tylenol, and major stress for me. So, we are going to talk to them tomorrow and find out more info on that. If it means leaving him there another week or two, we will deal with the drive. I hate to even think of him staying there longer than needed, but I hate having someone here everyday just being here, that is super annoying to me. I think it is the anti-social part of me, or the "I don't like strangers in my house" part of me coming out. It also could be the "just leave us alone so we can finally be home and raise our babies" part of me too. More on that tomorrow. He was off of his O2 the whole time we were there, and he did fine. He stayed in the 80's after his feeds which he normally does, but went into the 90's after. He drank all of his bottle and then some. He is getting 47 ml's, but he took 50. He's a growing boy you know. I get teary looking at him now because he has grown up so much in the last two weeks. He looks so much older now. I just think it's awesome because he's come so far. His tushy looks a lot better tonight, but he is still getting oxygen on it. He was a big 5 pounds 12 ounces tonight!
Brady
Brady had another good day. He's starting to stay awake more after his bottles. It's kind of fun because we get to see him look around more, and listen to things. It's not fun though, because I don't know what to do with him, haha. I just sing and talk to him. He can't see anything yet, so it's not like we can play with toys. I try to rehab him a little, and just play with his limbs. He only tolerates it for so long. He is eating like 120 mls of formula, and doing well on it. This kid can burp too, like Homer Simpson, lips blowing in the wind, burping. It is awesome. He has been a little off schedule this week, but it's because he is sleeping longer, or eating later. It's why I am up typing now at 630 am. I only have one picture of him today. He basically slept all day, which didn't leave a lot of photo opportunities.
Have a good day everyone!
The Connor family
Patrick is getting closer to coming home!!! that is super exciting! and I completely understand the whole anti strangers in the house and allowing you guys to finally be complete in your home
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