November 24th update
So today Oma and Aunt Bek came to visit Ayden with me. It was a really nice drive up. Ayden is doing okay today. His weight as of last night was 780grams. there are a few issues today that have come up. Like the dr’s and nurses said, expect to have a few steps forward and some back. It seems that Ayden is having a bit of trouble breathing. they have done a chest xray and have found some “hazing” on the xray, which means that there might be some sort of fluid collecting in his lungs. He is having a hard time breathing and as such have up’d his oxygen and also given him a back up. Every 30 minutes there is a machine that will blow air into his lungs, this is so the lungs don’t collapse on themselves. they have done some swabs and sent...
My Observations of Life, & The Fruition of Things…
So yesterday we decided to go to church… I personally haven’t been to a mass that wasn’t where someones baby was involved or a wedding in… hmmm well, a very long time. I was raised a Catholic, went to catholic schools till highschool. In all that time they had us read the bible and learn about GOD. So far as to send us to a retreat in grade 8. Mount Mary I believe it was called. Then I went through highschool… and moved on to college. Perhaps it’s having an artists sight. That did it to me… opened my mind to the infinite of possibility. But there was an underlying logic that I have within me that made me think… hey there are a lot of things they’re telling me that just don’t match up. For one a persons...
Sunday November 23 visit
Well today I went up to the hospital while Mark stayed at home and packed for our move on Friday. to ensure that I was not walking into a bad news situation alone, we called the hospital before hand so that we would know the status of things. Ayden is doing well again today. No changes from yesterday. He is still doing what they call “swinging” with his oxygen. Swinging means that he is not staying at one rate, he is fluctuating. I asked the nurse if there was a “normal” rate for oxygen levels and heart rate at this age of baby, and the nurse assured me that there is not a normal, basically it’s individual for each child. Right now Ayden is calling the shots on his oxygen levels! On Friday, Ayden weighed in at 760 grams and as of...
The One I Love
This song has been Lindsay’s favorite since I posted it on a video I took of one of our Ultrasounds. David Gray: The One I Love
Updates from Mom
well, what an amazing couple of days we have had. Ayden has been doing really well. As you have read in the last couple of posts from Dad that they have up’d his feedings…even today they are trying to feed 3 milliliters every 2 hours to see how our little button tolerates the milk. So far, so good! One of the hardest things as a new mom is not being able to hold or even touch your child. I did hold Ayden’s hand on the day he was born, but since then Mark and I have not touched him as we want to be as careful as possible (germs and also his skin is so fragile we don’t want to nick it by accident…) the other day however, I could not help it. The nurse kind of gave me the go ahead to open the doors on the incubator and touch him. Well,...