It feels like time is standing still here in the NICU. Every few days one baby has a spell, and resets the clock back to zero. As of today Sammy is on day 1, Elsie is on day 3, and Danny is on day 0.
Elsie was almost a go on Monday, she made it to day 5 and then tanked at the eleventh hour. It happens. She did do her car seat challenge and passed so we got that out of the way. They make the babies sit in their car seats for 90 min to see if they spell. If they do they can't ride in the car alone, they would need an adult in the back seat with them. Glad she passed.
Discouraging as it is that we are not home yet, there's much to be thankful for. I look around the NICU and see lots of sick babies, some with minor issues and some with permanent disabilities. So I try not to lose perspective that our babies have simple issues that they will eventually grow out of. We just need to be patient.
I'm not counting my chickens but Elsie is slotted to come home Saturday. They delivered her monitor today and showed me how to use it. It's pretty straightforward, an air horn alarm goes off when she drops her heart rate or stops breathing and I run and save the baby. Sounds simple enough. The good news is they say babies thrive once home so I'm hoping she'll grow out of this quickly and we can ditch the monitor.
Here are some pics. ..
Elsie and all her funny faces
Girlfriend needs a manicure--looks like she got a scratchy face! That's how I know I've been delinquent with trimming Zoe's nails...scratches start appearing on her face :( But honestly I could trim them twice a week, they grow so fast. I laughed out loud at your comment about the air-horn alarm and running in to save the baby because I can totally see you tripping over shoes, dogs, stairs, to run to your baby only to have it be a false alarm and you find her smiling up at you like, "Hi Mom! Whatcha doin? I missed you!"
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