Day 8, Saturday

It's been one week. One LONG week.  I believe I've fixed the comments section, so that it'll be easier to leave comments/questions.  Also, you can 'follow' the blog now, so that you don't have to keep checking to see when I update.  Just click the buttons to the side.  I'd like it if you follow so that I can see who's reading. Thanks!

The ups and downs continue.  I think it'll start getting 'easier' to handle things as time passes, and as he has to have procedures re-done. He had a good overnight, but this morning his bloodwork showed low platelets and high white blood cells.  Those are warning signs of infection so: transfusion of platelets, antibiotics, a catheter to get a urine sample, and drawing of spinal fluid to check for infection.  That's a lot of information to digest when just hours before everything was fine.  I was re-assured that this is completely normal, and all of the preemies go through this, and it's better to do this than to get an infection and to prevent a major infection which would cause major setbacks.  I can write it like I'm fine with it, but boy did it make my heart hurt knowing he's going through all of that and there's nothing I can do to make it better for him.  I asked the nurse if hearing things like this gets easier with time.  She said that it never gets 'easier', but you learn to cope with it because often the treatments are repetitive, so you do get 'used' to the terminology and you realize that it's for the best. 

I miss my kids. Since I'm still recovering, I can't do the things I want/need to do for them.  

My parents brought Sadie for a visit and she was amazing.  She watched him and got excited each time he moved an arm or a leg. She liked seeing the picture she drew for him, and I showed her how we do a 'high five' to say hi and bye to him. (I clean my hands, and press my finger into the palm of his hand). 

His neighbour moved to the level 2 nursery - he'd been in the NICU for 2 months.  It shows that there is an end in sight, but that we still have a long road ahead of us.  It also means that we get Nancy and Kathy as our primary's and that's fantastic news.