When we arrived at the hospital today, the nurse said that Emerson took 10cc from the bottle and the rest was gavage feedings. This seems to be the pattern for the last few days. Emerson was in a ...
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Yesterday left me pretty emotionally all night and into this morning. I think I may be seeing signs of postpartum depression. I know that given the circumstances there is going to be days that I'm jus...
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When we arrived at the hospital today Dr. Boxwalla, Neonatology, was checking in on Emerson. He said that everything looked great and Emerson would be up to full feedings (23cc) today. He has made gre...
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Today was a great day with Emerson! When we arrived at the hospital we were surprised to see that Emerson was off of his IV! I really hated seeing his little hands and arms bruised from the IV's. T...
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Had baby outside of his little bubble for a long while today. Longest that we have had a chance to hold him. He also took nearly an entire bottle feeding, but it seemed to really tire him out. We s...
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Today was bittersweet. It was discharge day, which had me super emotional through all last night. :( But it was a great day with Emerson so that helped a lot with going home. But I knew going home...
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Today was a busy day! We started off the day with a visit from Auntie Cyndi and Kelli! They arrived just as my breakfast arrived, so we did a little catch up visit while I ate. Than we headed on down ...
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Christina came to visit mid-morning. It was a little crazy in my room with it being Monday morning, so we didn't get to visit too long. But once we saw a break in between the traffic we snuck out to ...
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Emerson does have jaundice, which is normal for a preemie. He will be under phototherapy for 24 hours. Hopefully his bili count will come down by tomorrow and he can come off photo therapy. If the bil...
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Today was a whirlwind of emotions. The day started early when I was woken up at 4am with concern that the baby was in distress. A full birth story with more details will follow soon. The first time...
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