Something familiar

Loki's cannula came out. Dr. Uzowic was working at CHO today and it was so nice and familiar to have her make such a bold decision. We will see if he is able to sustain his rock steady saturation and heart beat. Although his breathing is much better than it was a few weeks ago, he does sometimes breathe fast and shallow. If he is able to stay off for approximately two or three days, I think we are more confident he is really able to do this, and not just using his reserves. Our little guy looks so handsome with only a tube in his nose (and all the wires and nephrostomy hanging on the bottom of course).

We had a great nurse during the evening (Libby). The nurse taking care of the babies next to us was Lisa's mom. Libby and Lisa's family have known each other for a long time, and since Lisa was one of our amazing primaries at Alta Bates this felt so much calmer then some of the days before. I asked her to be a primary, so hopefully we will see her again. Although Loki has had some nice nurses, he is seen by another person every shift. We have seen only two nurses two times. It is challenging to figure out how the assignments work (or who the the charge nurse is). Today I will try to find out a little bit more about that. It makes me a little nervous for people not to know him at all. There is no consistency for him, and one of the reasons the doctor's found out it was so sick was because of his primaries recognizing his changes so rapidly. Something tells me that if I am worried here, it will take quite a bit of convincing for them to do something about it.

Loki did pretty okay on the breast today. He only desatted two times (while receiving no oxygen) and he recovered very quickly with a little bit of help. He is a very eager sucker and I am very hopeful he will learn how to breastfeed. Just a little nervous whether he will get it down quick enough. So, practice, practice, practice. This means I am there at someone odd hours (with less sleep at night), as I do need a nap during the day in order to make sure I can produce enough milk.