[When I showed up at noon at the hospital they had just taken Bjarki Freyr off the ventilator and put him on CPAP. They suspected that the ventilator hose was getting clogged and since they anyway had to remove it they decided to change over to CPAP and see how it goes. CPAP is allRead more
[At lunchtime today, we all went to the hospital where I got to hold Bjarki Freyr “skin-to-skin”. Yesterday I’d gotten a tank top specially designed for just such a task, and it came in quite handy. It was fun to hold the tiny guy, but also a little stressful because it’s quite a big undertaking.Read more
[Finnur and I got to sleep in this morning, while the two Annas spent the morning on the playground. The older one knitted while the younger swung in the swing in the backyard. At noon Anna Sólrún had her swim lesson while Finnur took pictures and grandma watched. I was at home enjoying the peaceRead more
[Bjarki has started opening both his eyes. He took a peek at us today, but he obviously doesn’t have much control over his eyeballs and we don’t know if he can actually see very much at all. He’s been pretty stable so far, except that his bloodpressure was low enough that they decided to giveRead more
[Bjarki Freyr is one week old today, or 27 week old, depending on how you look at it. They took pictures of his heart and his brain this morning and the hole in his heart has closed (wee!) and there is no evidence of any bleeding on the brain (weee!). If anyone is wondering aboutRead more
[As they expected, Bjarki got tired of breathing on his own on the CPAP and was put back on the ventilator. He also had more jaundice treatment, since they are limiting his fluid intake, which helps the hole in the heart to close. Tomorrow they will take a picture of his heart, and if theRead more
[The docs finally decided what to do with me and discharged me today with a 7-day dose of huge antibotics. It is great being home again, and oh so much calmer, well except for Anna who’s kinda jumping off the walls with excitement. I now have a rented pump and Anna watched me use itRead more
[Hrefna and I walked over to the NICU today and Bjarki Freyr had his UV lights on (for the jaundice)] Við Hrefna kíktum yfir á vökudeildina áðan og Bjarki Freyr var enn á ljósbekknum í meðferð við gulu. [When we showed up we got a pleasant surprise. Hrefna was allowed to hold him for halfRead more
[Everything holding steady here. I am now at the hospital with Hrefna; Anna is having a playdate with Nate – her ex-classmate at the daycare. The nurses have yet again moved Hrefna to a new room, this time she is in a private room on the post-partum ward (as opposed to the ante-partum) and theRead more
[Day three is about to end and everything is fine with Bjarki Freyr. The nurses reduced the rate of the lung machine even further, down to 24 beats per minute and will try to see what happens if they take him off of it altogether tomorrow. He has had all three doses of the heartRead more
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