We closed out our first week in the NICU tonight. Corin is still improving slowly. They keep lowering the level of supplemental oxygen he receives until he doesn’t seem to like it, and then they raise it back up just a bit. Once he gets used to that level, they repeat that process. They are hopeful that within a couple of days he will be off of the treatment he is on and may be able to start trying to nurse.
His jaundice levels came back up a little bit on his last blood draw. But the main way babies get ride of that is to excrete the bad stuff. And shall we say that he has been purging EXTREMELY effectively. We had a lovely little changing incident wherein I was in the process of wiping him each time I wiped he would just keep pumping more out at me. It was certainly a new experience in my life. I guess that is why it’s good that you love your kids, or else there is no way that you would put up with that kind of treatment.
Mommy and Grandma are in with Corin now, gearing up for the next meal. Our friend Tristy from
So things are moving slowly but steadily. There are times when we feel that they are moving too slowly, but then we look back over what we have been through so far, and look at the other babies in the NICU who are much worse off. We are truly thankful for the progress we have made and for the fact that, while we are anxious to get him home, we don’t have to worry non-stop for his long term outlook.
Love ya’s!
CK&C
he's breaking out his john travolta moves in that one shot! night feva, night feva! slow and steady wins the race corin. hang in there buddy and show the rest of the small fries in the nicu how it's done. love, lola
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