Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Giggles, hearing, and guests

Here are just a few quick updates:

Loki laughed for the first time! I missed it, but the report is that he let out a cute little giggle.

Loki had his hearing test yesterday. As Mom wrote a couple weeks back, he had been surprisingly unresponsive to certain noises, and we did not know if it was a biological or behavioral issue. This test checked to see if his ear hairs, middle ear, and nerve were detecting sounds - and they all were. Thus, any continuing lack of reaction is a problem with processing, not the physical hearing.

The parents of our close friend Elizabeth paid us a visit on Monday. Living on the east coast, they have become big fans of Loki via this blog, and were in town for a special occasion. It was already very, very kind of them to take the time to bring us food and say "Hi" to us and Loki. But some unexpected developments during their brief time here in California made us appreciate their visit all the more. They even brought Loki a gift: A new copy of a children's book from the 50's about a pigeon living in San Francisco. And the Chinese food they brought was delicious. A photo is below, although it is a bit blurry.


Feeding at the farmers' market on Saturday:

8 comments:

berkeleygal77 said...

wow, you are truly a berkeley mom with the cute nursing apron and outfit - yay!

marieke said...

Lieve mom,
heb je nou zo'n mooie voedingsjurk?
Anders moet je er 1 kopen van mij ok? Laat mama jou het geld geven en dan betaal ik haar weer terug. Echt doen hoor!
Kun je daar (in het preutse amerika) gewoon voeden of bedek je loki met een grote doek? Ondanks je slaap tekort zie je er zo goed uit, ik ben echt trots op jullie alle drie. XX

marieke said...

Haha, ik bedenk ineens dat je natuurlijk met een kussen omgesnoerd moet hobbelen en wiegen tijdens het voeden. Dat is voor omstanders natuurlijk wel heel bijzonder met ontblote borst!!

Richard en Maaike said...

Je ziet er inderdaad goed uit! En wat handig zo'n voedingsschortje. Hoewel iedereen nu misschien nog wel duidelijker kan zien wat je aan het doen bent ;)

Mom said...

Het voedingsschot is niet om de borst te bedekken maar Loki! Zeker op een farmers market vinden mensen dat echt niet raar. Loki neemt geen hap als hij afgeleid is. Zo help ik hem ook slapen :-)

Richard en Maaike said...

Oh, ja, ik zalt alleen maar aan die preutse Amerikanen te denken. Goed idee zeg!

Mascha said...

And the hand sanitizer is always with you.

Kyra said...

Haai Lijn,

Mooie foto's hoor. Ik herken het typische borstvoedingsgelukzalige uiterlijk van je wangen! Ik moest even goed lezen om te zien dat er niks mis is met Loki's oren. Gelukkig maar. Heeft hij het gewoon te druk met voeden en groeien, of is er iets anders aan de hand?

Nou, groetje. Zou nu wel even willen dat ik gewoon morgen op bezoek kon komen, hoor!

Kusje, Kyra (Kysje)

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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