[I went to the hospital after dinner tonight to hold Bjarki. He looked good; still had the cannula in his nose, which is good because last time he only lasted a day on that. He is therefore slowly making progress. His feed is now up to 36ml of milk, which is supplemented with iron andRead more
[I am very particular about how I load the dishwasher. So is my mother, and so is my maternal grandmother. It therefore stands to reason that there’s a dishwasher-loading-gene! I wonder who’ll be the first to find it?! 🙂] Ég hef mjög ákveðnar skoðanir á því hvernig raða skuli í uppþvottavélina okkar. Það sama áRead more
[Bjarki Freyr is 6 weeks old today, or 32 weeks or minus 8 weeks, all depending on your point of view. The main medical news of the day were that a) they took him off of caffeine, mostly because the cardiologists weren’t thrilled about him being on it, and also because he’s getting pretty goodRead more
[Bjarki got a blood transfusion today, a whopping 25 mL! Somebody told me that infants don’t start producing their own blood until after they’re full term so the combo of constant blood draws (to check the status of this and that), and just growing in general, slowly drain the little ones. Nothing else really newRead more
[Bjarki had his first eye exam today. He was diagnosed with “stage 1” retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) which was not very surprising since he was born so very early. They’ll examine his eyes next week to see how the blood vessels in his eye keep growing. I think that if he keeps himself out ofRead more
[After spending the weekend coughing like a madwoman and talking in a raspy voice, I made my way to the health center this morning. The nurse practitioner diagnosed me with bronchitis, and gave me albuterol to help me breathe. Anna’s also coughing, but not as severely as I am, so I’m hoping she’ll get overRead more
[I was in charge of visiting Bjarki this weekend in Hrefna’s absense, who is in self-imposed exile due to the cold that has been going around. I had also been away, with something in my lungs so I hadn’t seen him in a while. But, it was good to show up again and see thatRead more
[I attended a “sewing” club last night. Not much new from the hospital. Bjarki keeps getting slightly more milk every day but is still on the CPAP and keeps “desatting” which keeps them on their toes. Finnur went to the hospital today and held him for an hour or so, which he seemed to tolerateRead more
[Bjarki is five weeks old today. Time is actually passing fairly quickly! I stayed home with my “something’s bothering my throat and possibly lungs”-issue but managed to post a few of our pictures from May. According to the nurses Bjarki is doing ok, he’s tolerating his feeds of 5 mL and at midnight they’ll increaseRead more
[Bjarki started getting some milk again today, but only a tiiiiny bit. I think he’s getting 3 mL every 3 hours just to see how it goes but so far he’s been tolerating it ok. Today they also decided to put in a PICC line since he’s been blowing through about one IV per day.Read more
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