Sorry for the lack of blog posts - it has been pretty crazy balancing spending time with Aiden and being at the hospital ... welcome to being a mother of two :)
This week has been a roller coaster for Isaac but he is finally doing much better. On Sunday the doctors decided that he was doing well enough to be taken off the ventilator and go back on CPAP. I was thrilled but unfortunately he did not do very well once off the ventilator and they kept warning me that he was probably going to have to be put back on. It was really scary to be in the RNICU and have all the doctors hovering around your baby and talking about how he wasn't doing very well. Luckily he got through the night without having to be put back on the ventilator and seemed to be stable on the CPAP.
Monday - Still on CPAP and being cooked by the bili lights.
This may have been good news to me but it was really bad news for Isaac since he HATED the CPAP. Having a big tube blowing air really hard up my nose doesn't sound like too much fun (I don't blame him). So while he was on the CPAP he cried ALL the time.
They FINALLY let me hold him monday night :)
Finally on Tuesday the doctor decided that if Isaac could cry THAT loud for THAT long, he probably didn't need the CPAP any longer and switched him to a nasal cannula for oxygen. With the CPAP off, Isaac suddenly became a very pleasant baby. Thank goodness because I was worried that we just might have a really crabby kid on our hands.
Snoozing under the bili blanket
Ahhhhhh no CPAP - Life is soooo much better!
On Wednesday, they let him start nursing and bottle feeding, he did great!
So Cute!
By Thursday, out came the feeding tube and IV, off came the Oxygen, and he was moved into a
Big Boy Crib!
MTV Cribs
The plan (if everything keeps going well) is to bring him home THIS weekend! I am so excited to have him at home with us and not have to go back and forth to the hospital all the time.
This is after I gave him a bath and put him in some big boy clothes.
I can't believe how much he looks like his big brother.
This week has been a roller coaster for Isaac but he is finally doing much better. On Sunday the doctors decided that he was doing well enough to be taken off the ventilator and go back on CPAP. I was thrilled but unfortunately he did not do very well once off the ventilator and they kept warning me that he was probably going to have to be put back on. It was really scary to be in the RNICU and have all the doctors hovering around your baby and talking about how he wasn't doing very well. Luckily he got through the night without having to be put back on the ventilator and seemed to be stable on the CPAP.
Monday - Still on CPAP and being cooked by the bili lights.This may have been good news to me but it was really bad news for Isaac since he HATED the CPAP. Having a big tube blowing air really hard up my nose doesn't sound like too much fun (I don't blame him). So while he was on the CPAP he cried ALL the time.
They FINALLY let me hold him monday night :)Finally on Tuesday the doctor decided that if Isaac could cry THAT loud for THAT long, he probably didn't need the CPAP any longer and switched him to a nasal cannula for oxygen. With the CPAP off, Isaac suddenly became a very pleasant baby. Thank goodness because I was worried that we just might have a really crabby kid on our hands.
Snoozing under the bili blanket
Ahhhhhh no CPAP - Life is soooo much better!On Wednesday, they let him start nursing and bottle feeding, he did great!
So Cute!By Thursday, out came the feeding tube and IV, off came the Oxygen, and he was moved into a
Big Boy Crib!
MTV CribsThe plan (if everything keeps going well) is to bring him home THIS weekend! I am so excited to have him at home with us and not have to go back and forth to the hospital all the time.
This is after I gave him a bath and put him in some big boy clothes. I can't believe how much he looks like his big brother.
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