So we survived our first night with Paige:) We barely slept though because she was constantly grunting, moaning and stirring. I was turning on the lights to check on her every minute and Kodi was going crazy. She hasn't pooped in almost two days, so we assumed it was related to constipation. We talked to the NPs today though when we went to see Andrew and they told us these sounds are constantly made by preemies - even in deep sleeps. I guess we just didn't notice them as much with all of the other background noise in the NICU. In a quiet room, they made it impossible for me to sleep! Jack, on the other hand, managed to fall asleep seconds after each feed. I laid there so jealous of this ability. I'm sure that by later tonight or tomorrow I will be so tired that I may actually sleep through it. At least I'm hoping so!
Andrew is doing great! He has not needed his tube in 36 hours and it is now out (hopefully for good!). His temperature is still fluctuating some, but he's able to maintain it a little better. If he keeps up this good work, they are planning for a Monday discharge. I cannot tell you how happy this makes me! We went back and visited him again today with Paige and it is so hard to all leave without him at the end of our visit. He had a great awake period with us though and we chatted with him for almost an hour:) Tomorrow we are leaving Paige with my parents for a couple hours so we can spend some time with just Andrew. My mom came over tonight and "practiced" with Paige. Just getting used to the techniques of feeding her and dealing with her monitor is a bit overwhelming. Luckily, she has taken care of kids with monitors before and feels pretty comfortable.
Hopefully, tomorrow will be Paige's last night as an only child and we will be bringing home our little guy VERY SOON!
Katie,
ReplyDeleteI am so happy for you, Jack, Paige, and Andrew! I know what you mean about laying there awake after a feeding. I used to do that when Ryan was a newborn. I can only imagine it being times ten with a preemie. I used deep breathing exercises to get back to sleep. It helped a lot!
I hope your next post is to tell us Andrew is home!