On Tadd’s real birthday (the 10th) I had to work, so he celebrated with his family. I was feeling a little left out so I decided to have some people over for a BBQ at our new place for Tadd. It was nice to hang out with friends and unwind. It was the best BBQ [...]
Entries Tagged as 'NICU'
BBQ’s AND babies. NOT BBQ’d babies
January 13th, 2008 · No Comments
So happy together
January 10th, 2008 · 8 Comments
We meet yet again (if only for a couple of minutes). While I was holding Derby, Loen’s nurse Lee brought her over for a quick visit. It took a little wrangling as they had to stretch the wires to make it to us. I wish we could have gotten better pictures but the lights were [...]
Birthdays
January 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment
The ol’man turns 32 tomorrow.
The twins are getting a little long in the tooth also. Loen and Derby are now in cribs. The giraffe is just too advanced for them now that they are over 4 pounds each and can keep the body temp up.
Loen’s new crib (I never planned on all the pink, it [...]
Precious
January 7th, 2008 · 8 Comments
The little ones looked precious last night. Maybe I shouldn’t use the term ‘precious’, because in the back of my mind I say it with Gollum’s accent from Lord of the Rings. How about ‘adorable’? Yup, I will say they were downright adorable. I still feel as if I am just visiting someone elses incredibly [...]
Struggles
January 4th, 2008 · 13 Comments
While the twins struggle in the NICU, Hava and I struggle outside the NICU. Today marks 84 days, 12 weeks, since Hava was initially admitted into the hospital. During that time, we have experienced lows that I can’t comprehend, let alone explain, as well as some highs, but not like the ones that [...]
Eye spy
January 3rd, 2008 · 4 Comments
After a fairly quiet day yesterday, today came with a bump in the road. The twins had their eye exams (they will probably get them every Thursday till they go home). Derby’s is still about the same but Loen’s has progressed. She was diagnosed with ROP stage 3, Plus disease and Threshold disease. I got [...]
It’s been 2 months?!
January 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments
I’m still in shock the Tadpoles turned TWO MONTHS OLD on Christmas Eve! Talk about time going by quickly. I feel like I was just on the high risk OB floor but then I think about all that has happened in that time, such as moving and all of the events in the NICU. As [...]
Sibling rivalry
December 28th, 2007 · 8 Comments
Derby couldn’t stand the fact that Loen was getting so much attention. He decided to get off CPAP early and get himself one of those nasal cannulas. He had pulled out the prongs of the CPAP and his feeding tube to prove what a breathing stud he has become. Most of the nurses have mentioned [...]
The bestest belated Xmas present
December 26th, 2007 · 3 Comments
I walk into the NICU and start to wash my hands. The RT Elizabeth walks by and says “You’re going to be so excited, I just had to come to tell you”. It was so hard to stay longer and finish the full 3 minute NICU scrub down. As soon as I was done I [...]
Moo
December 25th, 2007 · 4 Comments
Maybe we should have bought the bigger freezer
This freezer seemed huge when we first bought it…last month
Yup, it is now FULL. Those are 2.5 gallon Ziplock bags.