May 8,9,and 10

May 8-9

Well, the NICU is a roller coaster with the 8th being a bit of a down day and the 9th being a good day.  What constitutes a down day - lots of procedures and so my stats fluctuated a great deal that day.  I had a head ultrasound to check for bleeding in the brain - all ok.  I had a chest xray to look at my lungs and intestines - all progressing.  And I had a blood transfer since they take so much blood from me and I am not big enough to reproduce my own very fast.  I was tired from all this so my lungs needed more support and my heartbeat was pretty fast, so we rested in the afternoon, evening, and night.

Yesterday, I was much happier and so Mom and I had some kangaroo care time - 1.5 hours of holding which was great.  I started feeding yesterday - lots of colostrum breast milk - yum.  And I am up 0.8 Kg or 1 lb 12 oz.  Mom and Aunt A in the meantime had a little rougher day...Two nights ago on the way home Dad and Mom got pulled over by a cop for not fully stopping at a stop sign.  Our license plate was expired as well because Mom has to get her license updated to get the plate updated and this has obviously not been a priority in the last 5 weeks.  So, Mom and Aunt A tooks a trip to the DMV to get it all taken care of and after 3 hours of waiting they were driving home and their tire blew out!  Another fun adventure in Team Sloan's life!