I am starting to really understand how the NICU experience is a "two steps forward, one step back" but am praising God that it has been that so far (and not one step forward, two steps back). Jong got to see Dr. Ishii today and learned that Isaac's infection got a little worse today. I had actually thought his infection was not something that we had to worry about anymore because his blood test results had consistently showed that his infection was improving every day until today. In any case, they changed the type of antibiotics they are giving Isaac so please pray that the new regimen will really kill off all the nasty bugs so Isaac can continuing taking forward steps.
They also started giving Isaac antibiotic eye drops today as he has been getting a lot of sleep in his eyes. They don't know if he has an eye infection but wanted to play it safe. You can kind of tell he had gotten eyedrops in the pictures.
Jong told me that Isaac's saturation levels were very stable the entire time he was there. Unfortunately, it wasn't so when I was visiting. Fortunately, there weren't a lot of big dips.
I am really glad is Friday. I feel pretty exhausted at the moment. I am looking forward to going back to sleep some more tomorrow morning after waking up to pump. A lot of times when I look at how sweetly Isaac is sleeping in his incubator, it makes me want to crawl in and snuggle up and sleep with him (Jong wants to do this a lot too). I woke up missing Rachel quite a bit this morning but I have been feeling a lot better since then (right now I just feel sleepy ^_^).
It looks like Jong took some good pics of Isaac today. For some reason, I think he looks like my mom in the picture where he is yawning. Cindy, what do you think?
Happy Memorial Day weekend for those of you in the U.S.!Blessings,
Sonia
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Sometimes I wanted to scream if one more person said the word "roller coaster"! Other preemie mom's told me things would get better after the first year. They were right:). Love those pictures!
Isaac does look like mom in his yawning picture, not sure if it's because you said it, or if he really does. :)
He gets more expressive each day. What a sweetie and cutie pie!
Much love,
Mary
I will continue to pray for Isaac especially regarding his infection and medication. It has got to the point where I feel like Isaac is part of my own family and I can not think about my nephew Will Turner with out thinking about Isaac.
Evelyn Peel
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