Week Two. No, wait, Day 4

It seems like it has been a week since this adventure started.  But oddly enough, it’s only the 4th day.

Alex is off his IV! Yeah!!!!  He’s also eating 35 mg of milk/formula at a time now.  They’re very impressed with his eating in the NICU.    He’s using a BilliBlanket to help with his jaundice, but that’s really all he has hooked up to him at this point.  And that’s just a blanked they wrap him in. 

I’m back at the hospital, hanging out.  I slept at home last night, which was sooooo much better than the couch here.  I even got to go play hockey last night, which was fun!

Kathie will be discharged today, but no one is leaving.  Alex will be here probably a week yet and we’re going to board in a room down by the NICU.  It’s really nice that they make this option available to parents.  And it’s even free of charge!  They make sure we know there’s no nursing service, but honestly, at this point, that’s probably more of a pro than a con.  They’re great here and the service is wonderful, but after a while, the interruptions become a pain!

We just went down to feed him, but his schedule has changed a little and he was sleeping soundly, so we went back to the room to let him rest. 

Grandma and Grandpa have been doing a wonderful job with the kids at home.  Emma has a fever and Braden has a cold.  It’s really poor timing for them to be sick!  But that’s the way things go.