Sunday, February 1, 2009

Growing bigger

Not much news from yesterday, and that is a good thing.

Loki weighs 2920 grams and looks like a normal size baby by now. When I was cleaning some of his old clothes, I could not even believe they ever looked big on him. The preemie clothes are so tiny, yet they looked so big when we put them on him first. I remember so well that Annette told me to bring in some clothes early December, so we could dress him like a big boy. These days he is a big boy!! If I would be as crafty as dad I would now add the link to the photos of this first dress up session, but I am not. [Update: Here is the link.]

Breastfeeding did not go so well today, because Loki was sound asleep two out of three times. Basically he does okay when he is awake, taking approximately 8-12 ml's in 45 minutes. Not much, but something. Nevertheless, I do find the process cozy. He loves snuggling up close, and looking around with his little round eyes, while sucking vigorously. Sometimes he swallows, and usually he breathes. Although the latter two are not consistently Incorporated yet, which causes some bradies here and there. Less and less so though!

We now seem to have two primaries during the evenings. On the one hand this is great, because they are both wonderful nurses. On the other hand we missed Libby yesterday. We asked Jeane, the primary that worked yesterday, in our very first week at CHO. She already primaried a baby, and worked with Loki whenever they were paired. After a few days this baby moved to another room, and so did Jeane. We did not see her until after I asked Libby. Now her primary was discharged, and she is taking care of our Little handsome guy. Wonderful and also "oops." It is frustrating for nurses to commit to a primary, and then not get them because of another primary nurse. I know that from Alta Bates and tried to prevent that this time! Anyway, they are both wonderful and are starting to get the hang of who Loki is.

3 comments:

marieke said...

I'm glad the situation about nurses seems more stabil at the moment. It must be great for Loki to get massages once in a while. For mom an dad it must be a good feeling to give them to the little dude. And....the time Loki comes home, in his own house and bed, with just mom and dad is coming closer and closer.... kus X

Anonymous said...

Good to hear that you experience your time with the nurses better than before.
Keep faith in the process of breastfeeding. Loki looks like a big boy, but is actually not yet a newborn baby, and for a not yet newborn baby he does very well on the suck-swallow-breathe part ;-)
X Maaike

Janet said...

Hi Loki!
Its Superbowl Sunday. The game was played in Tampa,Florida.The Pittsburg Steelers beat the Arizona Cardinals 27-23. Pittsburg's Harrison(NFL defensive player of the year) scored one of their touchdowns with the longest play ever run in Superbowl history: from the Cardinals' goaline all the way back to the Steelers' goal for a touchdown. And there was another great Pittsburg touchdown in the final 35seconds; it was so exciting!!!!!
I was watching the Superbowl with my 16 year-old son and my husband. Someday soon you'll be watching the Superbowl with your parents, too. Its an American tradition.
Thinking of you this Sunday.
Knuffels,
Nurse Janet

About Loki Sky

Loki Sky is a special little man. He was a very early micropreemie, weighing only 610 grams (1 lb, 5 oz) after 24 weeks, 3 days gestation, born to an American Father and a Dutch Mother in Berkeley, California on October 18, 2008.

On January 11, 2009, while still in the hospital NICU, his one kidney stopped working. It was repaired after three surgeries. After spending time in three hospitals in three cities, Loki came home on February 17. He struggled with eating, and then stopped in July, leading to 8 days in the hospital, a failure-to-thrive diagnosis, and a NG feeding tube. On October 10, a minor surgery installed a G feeding tube. Another procedure replaced it with a new one, and then again with a Mic-Key button in Jan. 2010.

In August 2010, he and his parents moved to the Netherlands.

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