Dear all,
With more practice each evening, I am slowly feeling more comfortable at bottle feeding Isaac - watching his face to make sure he is breathing and not turning blue and checking the SpO2 monitor. Its a bit like driving - you have to look straight most of the time but you need to check your side view and back view mirrors once in a while.
Isaac still takes a pretty long time to eat. Yesterday, he took about 1 hr 15 minutes but today he was actually able to finish eating within the hour. There are a lot of milk stains on his bed and on his clothes when I arrive, meaning that he is probably not getting all of the milk when he has to eat on his own when I am not there. I try not to think about it too much, but please pray that he can heal and grow faster so that he can come home as soon as possible.
He was breathing well while I fed him last night and tonight. I hope he keeps making progress. I am very confused about how many times he poops a day. I ask the attending nurse for him when I visit one every few days and I always get a different answer and they always confirm that what they are telling me is the usual for Isaac. My guess is they are just blowing me off and they don't really know and they don't want to bother checking his charts to let me know. I think I am going to have to ask his primary nurse again. Communication is definitely more frustrating at GCU compared with NICU. Isaac's primary nurse Ayako-san was so great. She really cared about Isaac and me. GCU is a completely different world.
I got a couple of really short video clips today. A very, very short one of when I first arrived before I picked him up - which I needed to very shortly as he started crying. And then the other clip is of Isaac after I put him down back in his bed before I left. His tummy was full, his diapers were clean and he got a little bit of cuddling with his mom because he finished his milk a little faster today, so he was a happy camper. Since he was wide awake, I put up a picture of Jong and me I have put in on this little diary book the hospital lets us keep there so he could look at it. He was really looking at our picture in the video! ^_^
In any case, I am going to have to ask all of you to pray harder for Isaac to get better and come home soon. I am concerned about the long term physical and psychological effects the neglect at GCU might have on him. He is just not getting the attention and the cuddles a newborn baby should be and need to be getting. I know Isaac is out of immediate danger now but if you are still keeping up with our blog, please pray harder than ever for him to heal miraculously and come home soon - but of course, only if its in accordance with our Lord's Will and Time.
Isaac, Jong and I (and Rachel in heaven) are so grateful for all of your continued prayers,
Sonia
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5 comments:
oh sonia!!
he is so alert today!!
i love that he was looking at his mama and daddy!!
im praying!!:)
I'm glad he's doing well!
You know our NICU doctors only let the babies learning to nipple feed for a total of 30 minutes. What they didn't finish was given through thier tube.... this was to make sure they weren't burning more calories while eating than they were taking in?
He's so cute when he opens his eyes so big to look at stuff. He looks so curious! :)
I just want to eat those cheeks! And he has the cutest ears. Still praying everyday . . . and special prayers during worship . . . and you, Jong, Isaac and Rachel are listed on our weekly concerns in the bulletin. Slowly but surely our prayers are being answered and I know Isaac will come home sooner than anyone expected.
much love,
Mary
I continue to pray for Isaac to come home soon. I will ask more of my friends to pray for that specifically. For some reason I couldn't get your videos to come up but Isaac always looks adorable. Take care. I think you have been amazingly patient these last few months. Rowena Harken
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