Good news today! Mazie will likely be out of the Isolette, and in the room in a little crib thingee tomorrow.
She's still having a bit of trouble with her Bilirubin, but we're not sure if she's going to need the light or not. She's still getting really tired during her feedings, and Michelle, and I learning to not stimulate her quite so much while she's eating. She's just so interested in everything that goes on, and she makes herself tired, particularly when Mom, and Dad are around.
According to the nurses, she's doing much better with the nipple, and actually grabbing for it when she wants to eat.
I haven't been able to see her for a day or so... I'm not sure if I'm coming down with something or not, and thought it better to stay away at this point, just to make sure. I think it could just be allergies, but I'm still not quite sure. I'm going to see what's going on at 3 AM when I get off work to decided.
She's up to 36 Ml of food, which apparently for her weight is the full feeding. They weighed her today at 4 Lbs 3 Oz, which is a huge gain from yesterday, and is possibly a mistake. I'm not quite sure how that works... but it will get figured out.
Saturday, April 04, 2009
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Mazie is doing great today, as is her Mom.
She drank most of her 1200 noon nipple feedings, and she's up to 22 Ml of food, and at this point is actualy stretching her little tummy out a bit, so not eating the whole thing won't be terribly uncommon at this point.
She's still getting pretty darn tuckered out by her feedings, but she's doing better.
Michelle's doing really well. She's taking it pretty easy and she's healing up quite well.
We're gonna go feed her again at 9 tonight... for now we're watching Get Smart, and hangin' out, takin' it easy.
She drank most of her 1200 noon nipple feedings, and she's up to 22 Ml of food, and at this point is actualy stretching her little tummy out a bit, so not eating the whole thing won't be terribly uncommon at this point.
She's still getting pretty darn tuckered out by her feedings, but she's doing better.
Michelle's doing really well. She's taking it pretty easy and she's healing up quite well.
We're gonna go feed her again at 9 tonight... for now we're watching Get Smart, and hangin' out, takin' it easy.
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
So today was a bit of a long day for Mazie. I don't want to say a setback day, because it's really not. She's just very tired, and having a little trouble.
She's got the feeding tube in her nose. She keeps forgetting to breathe while she's eating. She's falling asleep when she goes to eat, and she'll start to eat, but very soon after her breathing will slow dramatically. We pat her on the back, wake her up a litle, and she starts breathing again with no problems... It scared the crap out of us when it happened, but she was fine, and the Nurses told us we did exactly what they did, so we'd done good.
According to Mazie's nurse this really isn't uncommon at all. She's just learning to coordinate all her actions, and when she's tired from the Bilirubin (the stuff that's causing her jaundice) it's just very, very hard for her to do. She's holding it down just fine, we're just having to give it to her through a tube instead of a nipple. When she is awake, and alert, she has no problem whatsoever with breathing, sucking, and swallowing.
Hopefully tomorrow will be better... one day at a time. Today wasn't as good as past days, but this is only one day in her life. There's plenty more where this one came from.
She's got the feeding tube in her nose. She keeps forgetting to breathe while she's eating. She's falling asleep when she goes to eat, and she'll start to eat, but very soon after her breathing will slow dramatically. We pat her on the back, wake her up a litle, and she starts breathing again with no problems... It scared the crap out of us when it happened, but she was fine, and the Nurses told us we did exactly what they did, so we'd done good.
According to Mazie's nurse this really isn't uncommon at all. She's just learning to coordinate all her actions, and when she's tired from the Bilirubin (the stuff that's causing her jaundice) it's just very, very hard for her to do. She's holding it down just fine, we're just having to give it to her through a tube instead of a nipple. When she is awake, and alert, she has no problem whatsoever with breathing, sucking, and swallowing.
Hopefully tomorrow will be better... one day at a time. Today wasn't as good as past days, but this is only one day in her life. There's plenty more where this one came from.
Just got back from the hospital.
Mazie had a tube in your nose for feeding, which bothered Michelle a lot. The nurse assured her it was fairly common. She just gets so tired that she starts to fall asleep when we're feeding her. As long as she stays awake though... she sucks that food down like they're starving her.
We're worried about her obviously... but apparently it's completely normal, and not something they're worried about at this point.
She gained another 11 grams overnight. She's rapidly closing in on the 4 pound mark.
Mazie had a tube in your nose for feeding, which bothered Michelle a lot. The nurse assured her it was fairly common. She just gets so tired that she starts to fall asleep when we're feeding her. As long as she stays awake though... she sucks that food down like they're starving her.
We're worried about her obviously... but apparently it's completely normal, and not something they're worried about at this point.
She gained another 11 grams overnight. She's rapidly closing in on the 4 pound mark.
Reposted from my personal blog. I've gotten a bit of 'fan mail' on this one...
You know, it's weird how everyone tells you when they have kids... "Until you experience it... you'll never really understand", and "Until I saw my kid being born, I didn't really know what love was. It's weird... because it's absolutely, and unequivocally true.
Mazie Anne Rully was born on March 28th, 2009 at 12:42 PM. She weighs 3 lbs, 8 Oz, and is 17 1/2 inches long. She's a little one... and she's strong. Currently in the Newborn ICU at Renown in Reno.
I could not have asked for a better birthday present. She is perhaps the most amazing thing I've ever seen, and my Wife runs a close second for pushing her little body out, nourishing her for these months, and giving her life.
I don't even know what to say... They both truly render me speechless. I am absolutely humbled by the power that this child already has over me.
You know, it's weird how everyone tells you when they have kids... "Until you experience it... you'll never really understand", and "Until I saw my kid being born, I didn't really know what love was. It's weird... because it's absolutely, and unequivocally true.
Mazie Anne Rully was born on March 28th, 2009 at 12:42 PM. She weighs 3 lbs, 8 Oz, and is 17 1/2 inches long. She's a little one... and she's strong. Currently in the Newborn ICU at Renown in Reno.
I could not have asked for a better birthday present. She is perhaps the most amazing thing I've ever seen, and my Wife runs a close second for pushing her little body out, nourishing her for these months, and giving her life.
I don't even know what to say... They both truly render me speechless. I am absolutely humbled by the power that this child already has over me.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
Mazie's doing really well again today. Up to eating 12 ml of Mom's milk from 9 ml yesterday.
Michelle came home today, she's not terribly happy about it, and understandably so... but is doing well herself. She just needs to take it easy for a while until she's fully recuperated. I'm doing my best to remind her of her limitations, but she doesn't seem to believe she has any, which is one reason I love her.
Mazie is still undergoing phototherapy, as she's got a bit of yellowing to her skin which is caused by her body making more waste than her liver, and kidneys can keep up with at this point. She used to be able to depend on Mom's system to help out, but now that she's out, not so much. Apparently the 'sunlight' helps a great deal. I'll try to get a pic of her with her 'sunglasses' on soon. We think she's dreaming about being in Barbados...
Doctors just keep telling us she's doing great... she's just small.
I mis-posted Mazie's birth weight. She was actually very close to 4 lbs, at 3 lbs, 15 Oz. She's actually lost a very small amount of that weight, and is down to 3 lbs 14 Oz, but apparently this is also very common. In the next week or so, they will be looking for her to start gaining some weight. She's a little piggy though... I don't think it will be long at all.
Michelle came home today, she's not terribly happy about it, and understandably so... but is doing well herself. She just needs to take it easy for a while until she's fully recuperated. I'm doing my best to remind her of her limitations, but she doesn't seem to believe she has any, which is one reason I love her.
Mazie is still undergoing phototherapy, as she's got a bit of yellowing to her skin which is caused by her body making more waste than her liver, and kidneys can keep up with at this point. She used to be able to depend on Mom's system to help out, but now that she's out, not so much. Apparently the 'sunlight' helps a great deal. I'll try to get a pic of her with her 'sunglasses' on soon. We think she's dreaming about being in Barbados...
Doctors just keep telling us she's doing great... she's just small.
I mis-posted Mazie's birth weight. She was actually very close to 4 lbs, at 3 lbs, 15 Oz. She's actually lost a very small amount of that weight, and is down to 3 lbs 14 Oz, but apparently this is also very common. In the next week or so, they will be looking for her to start gaining some weight. She's a little piggy though... I don't think it will be long at all.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Mazie's eating out of a bottle now. She's still got her central line available for feeding if need be, but she was drinking 3 ml yesterday, and is up to 9 ml today... pretty good for someone who's stomach is supposed to be the size of a thimble.
She's figuring out the 'suck swallow' thing. She's got it down, but sometimes when she gets the bottle into her mouth she just kinda gums it a little.
I got to hold her, and feed her today. Michelle did late last night.
Feeding a newborn is a hell of a weird experience. It's only then you start to realize how helpless this little pink package is, and how much they're going to depend on you. Gotta hold the head right, gotta hold the bottle right, gotta keep the covers on, gotta make sure the spit rag is nearby, gotta remember not to squeeze her too tight, gotta read her face, and realize when she wants the thing to go away so she can digest a little. It's an incredibly complex set of variables to juggle.
Good thing I play lots of video games, eh? WHO SAYS THEY'RE NOT GOOD FOR ANYTHING!! Juggling complex variables in a video game I think can be a great thing for learning how to cope with real life situations where you must juggle like that. Granted... the consequences for failure aren't nearly as bad, but I think everyone gets what I'm saying... or maybe I'm just making up dumb excuses for being a geeky 32 year old who still plays video games.
Changing her for the first time was a strange experience as well. She's so small, and you're almost afraid that you're going to break her. You start to wonder how the nurses manage to hold her without hurting her the way they do. It looks rather rough at times, but you realize that their touch is very tender... they've just been doing this for so long, and seen so many babies... that they're really good at juggling those complex variables, that already elude me a bit.
She's figuring out the 'suck swallow' thing. She's got it down, but sometimes when she gets the bottle into her mouth she just kinda gums it a little.
I got to hold her, and feed her today. Michelle did late last night.
Feeding a newborn is a hell of a weird experience. It's only then you start to realize how helpless this little pink package is, and how much they're going to depend on you. Gotta hold the head right, gotta hold the bottle right, gotta keep the covers on, gotta make sure the spit rag is nearby, gotta remember not to squeeze her too tight, gotta read her face, and realize when she wants the thing to go away so she can digest a little. It's an incredibly complex set of variables to juggle.
Good thing I play lots of video games, eh? WHO SAYS THEY'RE NOT GOOD FOR ANYTHING!! Juggling complex variables in a video game I think can be a great thing for learning how to cope with real life situations where you must juggle like that. Granted... the consequences for failure aren't nearly as bad, but I think everyone gets what I'm saying... or maybe I'm just making up dumb excuses for being a geeky 32 year old who still plays video games.
Changing her for the first time was a strange experience as well. She's so small, and you're almost afraid that you're going to break her. You start to wonder how the nurses manage to hold her without hurting her the way they do. It looks rather rough at times, but you realize that their touch is very tender... they've just been doing this for so long, and seen so many babies... that they're really good at juggling those complex variables, that already elude me a bit.
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