During the docs rounds today, they described John's needs for today as follows: "We're just going to remove his last IV and increase his food. He's doing great, and has a lot of energy!"
That is seriously an understatement. For the third day in a row, little John was full of energy when I showed up. I can't tell if it's because I come during his busy time of day (as it's been since he was still in the womb) or if he gets excited when he hears me talking. He sits there with his eyes wide open, trying to tug and pull at anything he can get his hands on. Today his victim was his nasal cannula. I tried to distract him with a binky and a good hand hold, but he just wanted to play. They give him doses of caffeine to help him with his breathing, and will until he's about 34 weeks, so I'm sure that doesn't help. After he kicked and played for nearly an hour, I repositioned him on his tummy (his favorite) and he finally took a nap. His hands and feet are now IV free. He's lost most of his accessories. Now he just has the pulse oximeter, a few electrodes for heart rate and temperature, his feeding tube, and nasal cannula. He's looking really good!
Spending several hours at the NICU wears me out. Just the sound of his tiny roommate's ventilator is enough to lull anyone to sleep, except for the rambunctious John Wayne II, of course. I got a ton of work done today, which feels great. I'm hoping to be completely caught up over the weekend so I don't have this nagging feeling of being behind on little things. Marcel and Sascha will be away for the weekend so big John and I are going to spend a lot of time with the baby. It's hard to visit the baby separately, I can't wait until we can visit him together. Hopefully we can also sneak a little date in between his cares, I think we've earned one after all this!
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