Dave and I spent the night in the NICU Monday night for our official "rooming in" with the boys. This allowed us to practice being on our own with the boys all night, while they are still hooked up to monitors and the nurses are just outside the door in case of an emergency.
Henry had a great night - a big feeding followed by a few good breast feeding sessions. He also had a few periods of quietness that allowed us to put him down and get some rest.
Jameson had two bradycardias during feedings, the second was the most significant brady either of us have witnessed and required nurses assistant to get him breathing again. Probably the scariest moment of my life. He was immediately sent back to his standard NICU bed and was given a nasal cannula to get his oxygen levels back up. By morning, they rearranged the nursing staff so the boys could get dedicated support.
Tuesday morning we met with the neonatologist and she recommended Jameson will likely need another 10+ days to give his system more time to mature and hopefully no more bradies. Given we thought Jameson was developmentally head of Henry, the neonatologist suggested to also hold on to Henry for an extra couple of days for observation. Unfortunately Henry also had a series of bradies on Thursday evening, so he is now under close watch with no ETA of coming home.
Dave and I are trying to keep positive spirits. We are thankful both boys were still in care of the amazing NICU stuff during these episodes. And we are especially thankful to be surrounded by so much love and support from our friends and family.
The boys 40 week due date was Dec 4th - and that is when the NICU staff initially suggested we should anticipate them coming home. So hopefully we will be able to bring them home within the next week or so.
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| The family room in the NICU |
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| Daddy and Henry |
Jameson had two bradycardias during feedings, the second was the most significant brady either of us have witnessed and required nurses assistant to get him breathing again. Probably the scariest moment of my life. He was immediately sent back to his standard NICU bed and was given a nasal cannula to get his oxygen levels back up. By morning, they rearranged the nursing staff so the boys could get dedicated support.
Tuesday morning we met with the neonatologist and she recommended Jameson will likely need another 10+ days to give his system more time to mature and hopefully no more bradies. Given we thought Jameson was developmentally head of Henry, the neonatologist suggested to also hold on to Henry for an extra couple of days for observation. Unfortunately Henry also had a series of bradies on Thursday evening, so he is now under close watch with no ETA of coming home.
Dave and I are trying to keep positive spirits. We are thankful both boys were still in care of the amazing NICU stuff during these episodes. And we are especially thankful to be surrounded by so much love and support from our friends and family.
The boys 40 week due date was Dec 4th - and that is when the NICU staff initially suggested we should anticipate them coming home. So hopefully we will be able to bring them home within the next week or so.
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| Henry: 8 Weeks |
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| Jameson: 8 Weeks |
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| With Jameson: Mommy's little turkey |
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| Frick Family |
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