Hi there, how are you? Look, I'm blogging on time tonight! Yea! Tonight was a good night in the hospital. The onlt bad thing about being there sometimes, well, besides having to be there because your kids are sick, are the parents. I haven't vented in awhile on here so maybe it's time. Let's give it a go. Some of the NICU parents drive me crazy. The ones who have been there for a while with us are great. You know why? It's because they understand what it's like to spend every minute with your sick child, and not take any moments for granted. They are just happy that their kids are getting better each day. Who are the ones that burn me? The ones that have been there for a whole two days are have not stopped whining since they got there. If I have to hear one more time, that we have been here a whole three days, and it has been so hard, I'm gonna hit the roof. If I have to hear one more time that things couldn't be any worse, or that the nursing staff sucks, or that they are unhappy with the NICU in general, I might punch them. Tonight I listened to a parent complain that the nurses weren't doing every little tiny thing that she does, and she is mad, and wants to sign papers to bring her baby home. First of all, this is an amazing hospital, and if I ever had to go through this again, I would go there in a heartbeat, no questions asked. Second, the nurses and doctors there are amazing, and I trust them completely in any situation with my children. Third, If you are dumb enough to try to take your child out a NICU when they are still sick, then your parenting skills are shit, and I feel bad for your childen. I understand why you want your child home with you. I want Patrick home more than I can even express. That being said, why would I take him out of the hospital before he was ready? Why would you ask to take them home, when they are still sick? Do you have any idea what can happen when you go home when they aren't ready, or still have an underlying sickness? We do, because a NICU buddy that went home a few weeks back had to be rushed back in, and coded. Thankfully he is fine. Bad stuff can happen, and I don't understand why parents want to take that risk. Literally, like three times tonight, I almost told them to shut up and stop complaining! I feel so bad that you are stressed out after your two day stay here! Come back and talk to me when you have been here for 4 months! You have no idea how lucky you are that you get to go home with a healthy baby in 2 or 3 days, and you have no idea what amazing nurses you have here! Reality check, people in here are worse off than you, so stop whining in front of them. You have no idea how good you have it. I don't know, it's just annoying when you are trying to spend some quality time with your child, and people are miserable around you. Okay, I feel a lot better now. Okay let's talk about Patrick.
Patrick
Patrick had a good night tonight. He finished his whole bottle for me, then 2 mls out of a another bottle. He even burped for me three times, which he never does. Hey, it's the little things in life that make me happy. He is going to get his Synagis shot tonight. I'm sure he is going to pretty angry about that. He was a little fussy tonight, but otherwise was good. I told him that it is time to leave because his box is full of clothes and blankets, and all of his stickers are falling off. I told him that Brady misses him, and all of his friends in the NICU are leaving. He agreed it was time. His rash looks super good tonight. He didn't dsat at all tonight. His oxygen was up in the 90's and 100's again. I asked about Wednesday, and the doctor ssaid he didn't have rounds yet, so they will let us know! We are so close I can taste it! I can't wait!
Sleepy baby
Streeetch it out...
This is just a funny picture, I don't know why
Back to sleep after a full belly
Brady
I don't have any more pictures of Brady tonight. I put them all up today. He is doing well after his vaccines. He is still rocking his Bugs Bunny band-aids. I have to take them off. He is sleeping like a champ. I am hoping that he sleeps through at least half of the night tonight. I am getting tired of sleeping on the couch. He has a lot of appointments this month. I think between him and Patrick we have three next week already. Busy busy bees!
Have a great night everyone! I hope I didn't lose any followers with my rant earlier!
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