December 7th 25 days old!!!!

Well first off i would like to say Happy 25 day old Birthday Ayden  Every day we have with him is a joy and a blessing.

I am glad the snow stopped so that we could go and visit Ayden. You should see the snow bank outside our house!  It’s HUGE…if we could find the battery charger for the camera I would take a picture and post it!

we thankfully got to Hamilton to visit our son today. He was a bit grumpy with the nurses today. First off, his oxygen is placed in his nose using these soft rubbery prong like things. well, i guess that he did not like them today, cause he kept moving his little head and the would pop out of his nose…the machines don’t like that!  When that happens, all sort of beeps and rings go off to alert the nurses that he is not getting enough oxygen. Then he kept bending his arm that has his iv in it. The machines don’t like that too much either as when he bends his arm there is not enough pressure on the iv and the machines beep. He really had the nurses hopping today.

His heart rate was up a bit today, but the nurses attribute this to recovery from all the punctures yesterday and also the caffeine that they give him to stimulate his breathing. His oxygen was also all over the place, this is partly due to the nose prongs, but also that he was recovering from yesterday.

We arrived at the hospital just around 12:30 today and we were told that if we were going to be around until 3:30-4 once the nurse finished changing the diaper and what not at that time I could hold him. We thought, okay, we will be here. Mark and I had a little visit and then went for lunch, but by the time we went back to the NICU and had another visit, we were both exhausted and left to come home.  I didn’t mind not holding Ayden today as he was being a bit fussy anyways. Best to let him calm down and just relax in his warm and comfy bed.