Archive for : July, 2007

Sama og síðast

2007-07-31Uncategorized Standard

[Nothing new today. This was the fifth day in a row with no skin-to-skin, since the nurse didn’t feel comfortable doing it. Maybe I’ll get lucky tomorrow. Bjarki’s doctor said he had a “gut feeling” that Bjarki “had turned a corner” so let’s hope the doc’s gut is good. I think they’re considering starting hisRead more

Soffíu-heimsókn

2007-07-30Uncategorized Standard

[Nothing new today, just the usual holding pattern. Soffía stopped by the hospital for a visit with her adorable 7 week twins, along with two of her other boys. It was very nice to have somebody to chat to, and break of the monotony of the NICU! Went to Ikea after daycare and bought aRead more

Smá hvíld

2007-07-29Uncategorized Standard

[Bjarki got tired of breathing so much on his own last night, and around 3 am they put him back on the CPAP. I’d actually called the NICU before going to bed and the first thing the poor nurse, that had just taken him on a couple of hours earlier, said was “I don’t thinkRead more

Finnur þrjátíu-og-þriggja ára!

2007-07-29Uncategorized Standard

[Today is Finnur’s 33rd birthday! Happy birthday beloved husband!! 🙂] Finnur er þrjátíu-og-þriggja ára í dag! Til hamingju með daginn ástkæri eiginmaður!! 🙂Read more

Andað ótt og títt

2007-07-28Uncategorized Standard

[Nothing new to report regarding Bjarki really. I went to see him this evening and he was awake, and looked annoyed with the big tube going into his mouth and down his throat. He’s still on the nasal cannula, but breathing quite rapidly. They might still put him on the ventilator if he gets tooRead more

“Cannula”

2007-07-28Uncategorized Standard

[Bjarki’s tummy/intestines starting having trouble last night. The nurse detected some blood in his stool and so they took an x-ray of his tummy. They found it to be a little enlarged so milk feeds were stopped as of midnight. The nurse also found a lot of air in his tummy, probably due to theRead more

Meltingarkerfið?

2007-07-28Uncategorized Standard

[For English version of this blog read the translation above; it is mostly a recap of this with more details – except for the Google picnic that we attended; a summer festival in Shoreline Amphitheatre with free food and drinks, music, clowns, animals and circus equipment. We strolled around and had fun.] Er að faraRead more

Jæja, þá byrjar ballið…

2007-07-27Uncategorized Standard

[Got a call this morning from the NICU that some labwork that they’d sent in this morning had come back indicating that Bjarki’s starting to fight an infection. Apparently he had a rough night, with lots of apnea spells which can be an infection indicator. I’m told he still looks good though, but just asRead more

Næstum fjögurra vikna

2007-07-25Uncategorized Standard

[A day short of being 4 weeks old (or 30 weeks old or minus 10 weeks). The CPAP (air-blow into his nose) setting was reduced from “6” to “5” this morning, so he’s getting less help breathing than before. So far he seems to be tolerating it ok. When I arrived around lunchtime, the doctorRead more

Anna eldri farin til Íslands

2007-07-24Uncategorized Standard

[Anna Sr. returned to Iceland this morning and now I’ll have to start emptying my own dishwasher again. No fun! It was lovely having her here although I felt a little bit guilty that we didn’t show her more of the area. But hopefully she’ll be back later for the full tourist-treatment. Bjarki’s doing prettyRead more

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