Sunday, October 16, 2016
Pictures from Aunt Becky
Hello - this is Aunt Becky (aunt to Annette and now baby William!). Here's a few photos I took the other day when I visited William in the hospital.
First Impressions
There are so many first experiences happening right now!
We like to have William hold our fingertip in his hand.
Melissa likes to put her hand on William's blond peach fuzz head, which is sprouting hair as fast as Jeff's face sprouts the beard.
William was exploring his ear yesterday. His ears don't have cartilage yet, so they are super flexible! He was pulling at his ear and it was super funny. What is this thing on the side of my head?!?
William waved his right arm up in the air like a conductor, trying to get an orchestra to follow his crescendo (more cowbell!). We saw him do that a couple of times.
William sucks on his respirator tube in his mouth. He knows what he should be doing right now, haha!
His eye lids are still fused shut, and they could stay closed for another week. He's been trying very hard to open his eyes. Every now and then he scrunches up his face like he's about to cry and it melts me every time.
William is getting all of his nurses to fall in love with him already! Thanks for the good genes, grandparents and great grandparents!
Today, he seems to have had his first poops (I don't mind not seeing those).
And Jeff's parents and us saw William make the "monkey toe"!
This evening we had some different firsts. It looked like he was dry crying, and in his body would move in a way that looked like he was dry heaving, and his mouth would open up slightly. Even though his vitals are all within a good and normal range for him, it looks like he is suffering somehow. We think it may have to do with the feeding tube that got moved from his mouth to his nose. Or with the eye mask that he's wearing to protect his eyes from the light to help his body process the bilirubin which makes him look jaundiced. This light also just makes him look really bad, it accentuates every little crease in his skin, and today his skin looks very dry.
His vitals have been consistent though. It seemed as though William started being an unhappy baby this evening when we arrived and Jeff was firmly touching him, but William seemed dissatisfied. We think he may have been hoping for me. So when I was done pumping it was my turn and I think he did calm down some, but he definitely calmed down more after I gave him sort of a body hug with my hands. I laid my fingers over his arms and we moved the bendie hugging his bady tighter around him. We did decide to help him a little with a drug to help him settle down, that seems to have worked before. He just has to learn that these changes are ok, even though he doesn't like them...
Otherwise, he has continued to stay off of insulin and dopamine, his vitals have been good and we're hoping we might be able to start him on colostrum tomorrow. Jeff may try to attend the morning briefing (I will, too, if it doesn't conflict with my doctor's appointment) to get a clear update and hear the plan for the day.
We like to have William hold our fingertip in his hand.
Melissa likes to put her hand on William's blond peach fuzz head, which is sprouting hair as fast as Jeff's face sprouts the beard.
William was exploring his ear yesterday. His ears don't have cartilage yet, so they are super flexible! He was pulling at his ear and it was super funny. What is this thing on the side of my head?!?
William waved his right arm up in the air like a conductor, trying to get an orchestra to follow his crescendo (more cowbell!). We saw him do that a couple of times.
William sucks on his respirator tube in his mouth. He knows what he should be doing right now, haha!
His eye lids are still fused shut, and they could stay closed for another week. He's been trying very hard to open his eyes. Every now and then he scrunches up his face like he's about to cry and it melts me every time.
William is getting all of his nurses to fall in love with him already! Thanks for the good genes, grandparents and great grandparents!
Today, he seems to have had his first poops (I don't mind not seeing those).
And Jeff's parents and us saw William make the "monkey toe"!
This evening we had some different firsts. It looked like he was dry crying, and in his body would move in a way that looked like he was dry heaving, and his mouth would open up slightly. Even though his vitals are all within a good and normal range for him, it looks like he is suffering somehow. We think it may have to do with the feeding tube that got moved from his mouth to his nose. Or with the eye mask that he's wearing to protect his eyes from the light to help his body process the bilirubin which makes him look jaundiced. This light also just makes him look really bad, it accentuates every little crease in his skin, and today his skin looks very dry.
His vitals have been consistent though. It seemed as though William started being an unhappy baby this evening when we arrived and Jeff was firmly touching him, but William seemed dissatisfied. We think he may have been hoping for me. So when I was done pumping it was my turn and I think he did calm down some, but he definitely calmed down more after I gave him sort of a body hug with my hands. I laid my fingers over his arms and we moved the bendie hugging his bady tighter around him. We did decide to help him a little with a drug to help him settle down, that seems to have worked before. He just has to learn that these changes are ok, even though he doesn't like them...
Otherwise, he has continued to stay off of insulin and dopamine, his vitals have been good and we're hoping we might be able to start him on colostrum tomorrow. Jeff may try to attend the morning briefing (I will, too, if it doesn't conflict with my doctor's appointment) to get a clear update and hear the plan for the day.
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