[I’ve spent the past four days (from noon until dinner) at the hospital with Bjarki, with a coffee break around 3pm. He’s now old enough to qualify for “fresh” breastmilk (previously it had to be frozen for at least 24 hours), so I’ve been arriving at the hospital and pumping. Then, right as he’s getting the “fresh from the dairy”-milk through the tube into his stomach, I’ve been putting him on the breast to encourage a link in his brain between food in his stomach and suckling. He usually gets in a few “suck-swallows” (not so good about the breathing still) before passing out with the “food stupids”.<\/p>\n
I was looking through his folder earlier and on his progress report there are listed 7 “problems”: 1) Chronic Lung Disease<\/a>, 2) Gastroesophageal reflux (GER)<\/a>, 3) Apnea of prematurity (AOP)<\/a>, 4) Anemia of prematurity<\/a>, 5) Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)<\/a>, 6) Osteopenia of prematurity<\/a>, 7) Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)<\/a>. In addition he also has a herniated belly-button<\/a>. Every reflux episode causes him to “desat”, i.e. lose blood-oxygen saturation, and it takes him a while to “come up” again. He also “desats” when he’s trying hard to poop and when he stops breathing, although that’s fairly uncommon by now. He’s about 2.1 kg (4.6 lbs) and around 44 cm (17.3 inches). All in all he’s doing pretty well and even gave me a big smile as he succumbed to the “food stupids” at 6pm. \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n The gang had a good day. They started the day by playing a game of mini-golf, then ate sushi for a late lunch and ended by going to the swimming pool to cool off. Steinunn then made lasagne for us and now Finnur, Steinunn and Einar are playing Settlers of Catan (Knights and Cities).<\/i>]<\/p>\n Undanfarna fj\u00f3ra daga hef \u00e9g fari\u00f0 upp \u00e1 sp\u00edtala um h\u00e1degi\u00f0 og komi\u00f0 aftur um kv\u00f6ldmatarleyti\u00f0, me\u00f0 hl\u00e9i um \u00ferj\u00faleyti\u00f0. Bjarki er n\u00fana n\u00f3gu gamall til a\u00f0 mega f\u00e1 “ferska” mj\u00f3lk (\u00e1\u00f0ur \u00feurfti h\u00fan a\u00f0 hafa veri\u00f0 frosin \u00ed 24 t\u00edma) svo a\u00f0 \u00e9g hef m\u00e6tt \u00e1 sv\u00e6\u00f0i\u00f0 og fari\u00f0 beint a\u00f0 pumpa. Svo akk\u00farat \u00feegar hann byrjar a\u00f0 f\u00e1 mj\u00f3lkina \u00ed gegnum magasl\u00f6nguna, \u00fe\u00e1 hef \u00e9g sett hann \u00e1 brj\u00f3sti\u00f0 til a\u00f0 hann fatti a\u00f0 \u00feetta tvennt fari saman. Hann hefur yfirleitt n\u00e1\u00f0 nokkrum “sj\u00faga-kyngjum” \u00e1\u00f0ur en hann lognast \u00fat af \u00ed matar\u00f3r\u00e1\u00f0i.<\/p>\n \u00c9g var a\u00f0 sko\u00f0a m\u00f6ppuna hans \u00e1\u00f0an og hj\u00e1 honum er skr\u00e1\u00f0 7 “vandam\u00e1l”: 1) Kr\u00f3n\u00edsk lungnaveiki<\/a>, 2) V\u00e9lindabakfl\u00e6\u00f0i<\/a>, 3) gleymir a\u00f0 anda<\/a>, 4) fyrirbura-bl\u00f3\u00f0leysi<\/a>, 5) Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)<\/a>, 6) fyrirbura-bein\u00feynning<\/a>, 7) Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)<\/a>. \u00deess fyrir utan er hann l\u00edka me\u00f0 naflaslit<\/a>. \u00cd hvert sinn sem hann f\u00e6r bakfl\u00e6\u00f0i \u00fe\u00e1 hrynur hann \u00ed s\u00farefnismettun \u00e1 bl\u00f3\u00f0i og \u00fea\u00f0 tekur hann g\u00f3\u00f0a sund a\u00f0 jafna sig. Hann hrynur l\u00edka \u00feegar hann rembist vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 k\u00faka og l\u00edka \u00feegar hann gleymir a\u00f0 anda, en \u00fea\u00f0 er sjaldg\u00e6fara. Hann er u.\u00fe.b. 2,1 kg og \u00ed kringum 44 cm. \u00deegar \u00e1 heildina er liti\u00f0 er hann a\u00f0 standa sig nokku\u00f0 vel, og brosti breitt til m\u00edn r\u00e9tt \u00e1\u00f0ur en hann logna\u00f0ist \u00fat af \u00ed matar\u00f3ra\u00f0i kl. 18 \u00ed dag. \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n \u00deau hin \u00e1ttu annars g\u00f3\u00f0an dag. Fyrst var fari\u00f0 \u00ed m\u00edn\u00ed-golf \u00ed steikjandi hita, s\u00ed\u00f0an bor\u00f0a\u00f0 sushi \u00ed seinb\u00fainn h\u00e1degismat \u00e1\u00f0ur en \u00feau endu\u00f0u \u00ed sundi til a\u00f0 k\u00e6la sig. Steinunn bj\u00f3 svo til lasagne \u00ed kv\u00f6ldmat og n\u00fa eru \u00feau Finnur, Steinunn and Einar a\u00f0 spila Settlers of Catan (Knights and Cities) \u00e1 d\u00f6nsku.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [I’ve spent the past four days (from noon until dinner) at the hospital with Bjarki, with a coffee break around 3pm. 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