Graduated to Preemie Diapers and 779 grams!

Hi all,

I had a little surprise when I arrived to see Isaac today because he has graduated to actually wearing Preemie size diapers! Before today, they just cut up the Preemie diapers and placed it behind his butt. In any case, he looked so cute in them because they are still way too big for him!

I also noticed that he had some water near his eyes so I asked the nurse if that was okay. To my surprise, she said they were just tears and he was crying when she changed his diaper before. This was my first time to see real tears from him. Before, he would have the facial expressions that looked like he was crying but we never saw any tears. I have to think that its a good sign for his eyes that he can produce tears now! Of course, he still can't make any sounds because of the ventilator that is going down his throat to his lungs. Jong and I can't wait for the day we can actually hear him cry. I wonder if we will still like his crying so much after he has been home for a while! The nurse that after he cried, he really wanted his pacifier so when I arrived, I could see that he was really sucking his pacifier pretty hard. In fact, he used his little hand to hold his pacifier up so he could get at it better. I wish I could have given him my pinkie!

I also tried singing to him tonight and I swear I am not making this up but below was what he did after I started singing!!!! I am going to attribute it to my sore throat. : )


He slept quite well through out my visit - again looking like he was dreaming. It made me want to cuddle up with him. Doesn't he look comfortable?


Oh, and I almost forgot. They weighed him again and he weighed 779 grams! He gained 53 grams in 2 days! If he keeps up this rate, he should get to 1 kg by Jong's birthday. You can do it my little boy - that would be a great birthday present for your daddy!!

I thought I would get through a visit without him crashing once, esp. since I didn't touch him and talked too much again (apart from my horrible singing) and he was doing so well. But when I started saying good bye to him at the end of my hour, poor little Isaac's oxygen saturation levels started really crashing. It was by far the lowest I have ever seen him crashed. I kept praying and praying and he finally stabilized after about 10 minutes. He seems to do that a lot - start crashing right when we are about to leave. We are still praying and hoping that with his weight gain, he can really start improving his CLD. In any case, I had a BIG surprise when the elevator arrived for me to leave because out of the elevator came a really good friend of mine. She decided to come and pick me up -- even though she had just worked 2 really, really late nights previously. I was so touched. Friends can be so amazing, don't you think? And God's timing is also amazing because but for Isaac's crashing, I would have left 10 minutes ago and if I didn't check my cell phone (I always turn it off when I go into NICU), I could have missed her! We are really going to miss her and her family when they move to Hong Kong this summer! : (

Take care and God bless,

Sonia