SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 2010 10:04 PM, CDT
It's hard to believe Liam is a week old today! We've officially survived our first week in the NICU. We're getting accustomed to the schedules as well as the roller coaster that is NICU.
Today was another uneventful day...I'm liking these but trying not to get too attached to having them because I know it can all change at the drop of a hat. The nurses keep on trying to talk Shane into changing Liam's diaper but so far, he's refused (he says he's too small), though he did take his temperature. They discontinued the humidity in his bed, the antibiotics, and the Aquaphor today and got him weaned down to 4 ml/hr on his dopamine. The steroids they're giving him to get his kidneys going well are really helping with his swelling, too. He looked a lot more jaundiced today, so they're doing a bilirubin test in the morning and if it's over 7, he'll restart phototherapy - which is what we're expecting because he does look so much more jaundiced. I also got to help turn him today, for the first time!
SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 2010 11:08 PM, CDT
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