[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
[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
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