[I went to visit Bjarki tonight and I must say I recognize my boy again. Last night he seemed unlike himself, annoyed and uncomfortable and kept experiencing a drop in oxygen saturation. Tonight, however, he seemed completely different: content and was back to his old self. He fell asleep in my arms as usual afterRead more
[I absolutely abhor the health insurance system in the USA. Actually, I hate it, loathe it and despise it. I just received two bills in the mail from the hospital, and they caused me to spend the better part of the afternoon on the phone. Now, in any other civilized country, say Iceland, you payRead more
[Bjarki’s 7 weeks old today, or 33 weeks or minus seven. He’s still “desatting” and apparently low on some nutrients so they decided to reduce the breastmilk volume a bit and fortify it with formula. They suspect he might be suffering from reflux from his stomach, so less volume might mean less reflux. To testRead more
[Finnur went to the hospital today at noon to meet the developmental psychologist at Bjarki’s bedside. As they were talking about Bjarki’s status, the eye-doctor popped up and asked for 5 seconds to do an eye exam. The result of the eye exam was stage I ROP much like last week, which is good newsRead more
[Bjarki still holding steady. Continues on the nasal cannula but keeps “desatting” which is holding him in the NICU. I went and got more medication today, this time an inhalation steroid and some antibiotics just to be sure. Got my blood drawn and found out that I’m not anemic. Still waiting on the coughing toRead more
[A quiet weekend is drawing to a close. Finnur went to hold Bjarki both days, but now around lunchtime. So far Bjarki’s still on the nasal cannula and the doc said that if he stays on the cannula (and nothing unexpected comes up), then he might be transferred “down” to the intermediate nursery this week,Read more
[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
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