There's not a whole lot of news on the Owen front. He's taking a bottle every 3rd feed now, but that's the only major change since the last post. If he continues to do well, he'll probably be trying every feed through bottle in a couple more days. I'm still waiting on the ok to do non-non-nutritive breastfeeding, or, you know, normal breastfeeding.
We did have a pretty frustrating night over the weekend. The NICU has been a little understaffed anyway, but it was really bad Saturday night. I don't want to put the whole rant down - it gets my blood pressure too high - but it boils down to:
- No security at the door (it's locked, but they were just letting people in without checking wristbands)
- Owen was entirely ignored for hours (including missing scheduled care)
- Owen's nurse had never worked in a NICU before, and hadn't been to this hospital before. This isn't a knock against her, but against all of the people who didn't think to prep her for the evening...or maybe not assign her to a kid who was due for care right when she walked in the door.
- Owen's feed was so late that he went from a little awake and a little hungry, to very awake and very hungry (you know, a good time to be trying to bottle him since his biggest
problem is falling asleep while eating), to very awake, very
hungry, and very pissed off (ok, now it's going to be difficult to feed
him because he's antsy, but we'll make it work), to so pissed
off that he wore himself out and fell back asleep, and the feed had to be done through gavage. Oh yeah, did I mention that
being able to take all feeds without gavage is his only hurdle to coming home?
Needless to say, I was pretty pissed off. Thankfully, the last couple of nights have been better staffed. I will say though, all the effort they put in to make us feel comfortable that our kid was in good hands was pretty blown in that hour. I know he's in room two and doesn't need as much care, but as my mom put it, if he didn't need medical supervision anymore, he'd be home.
Oh, and to top things off, the espresso maker died the next morning. And the Redskins lost.
It's ok, I have really easy access to adorable baby therapy.
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Enjoying a meal from Dad. Also, I don't know what it is, but anytime Adam wears this shirt, he gets his picture taken. |
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Owen didn't want any more pictures, so neither did I. |
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Nana makes the best hats. |
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It's ok, little guy - the Skins'll get 'em next time! (note: I had to crop my boobs out of this picture, because Adam can't be trusted with the camera) |
lol...are they that big? :P so, I'm also outraged to read this story...is there a formal complaint system with the hospital? something should be done about it..really (but that's me...I don't rest til I feel justice is served...and sometimes, sadly, it doesn't ever get delivered or takes a fight bigger than its worth). Anyway, I'm very sorry to hear that happened to you guys and hope Owen keeps eating more and more and gets to have the real thing someday soon (aka breastfeeding). And by the way, he's looking so adorable in those photos!!
ReplyDeleteIf it's been 4ish hours since the last pump, they are comical! I don't think it's worth the fight on this one, but I am spending even more time visiting - I am definitely not going to let it happen again. Luckily, I've been able to start real breastfeeding, so if they are super slow on a feed I can take matters in to my own hands!
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