[Bjarki got tired of breathing so much on his own last night, and around 3 am they put him back on the CPAP. I’d actually called the NICU before going to bed and the first thing the poor nurse, that had just taken him on a couple of hours earlier, said was “I don’t think he likes me!” Apparently he started having a lot of “Bradys” and “de-sats” (both bad) around midnight, so I went to bed thinking he’d end up on a ventilator. But alas, the docs decided a ventilator was a little too extreme (i.e. he wasn’t that sick), so back to CPAP it was.<\/p>\n
I went to see him at lunchtime today, and as I walked in, they were just putting the finishing touches on a second<\/b> IV to give him some blood. Now, seeing my little boy with IVs in both<\/b> hands kinda pushed me over the edge and I spent the rest of the day rather depressed on his behalf. Maybe it was just because I was a little low on sleep and food, but it didn’t help that my IV-experience in the hospital probably scarred me for life.<\/p>\n
So before I forget: A few things to know if you have crappy veins. 1) The correct way to tell hospital people that you’ve got crappy veins is to say you’re a “hard stick”. 2) Where I was, the anesthesiologists were the best ones at putting in IVs. 3) If you’re not at risk of needing blood (i.e. you’re just getting medicine or fluids), you don’t need the regular sized IV needles (the green ones) and you can request the kid-sized needles (blue!). Your life will be so much more comfortable! 4) Request that they run the medicine in slowly<\/b>, it’ll extend the life of your IV.<\/p>\n
So anyway, back to Bjarki. He’s mostly been resting today and this evening they took out the first IV since it had started “leaking” (charming). He’ll stay on antibiotics for a week, and off of food for most of the week. The doctor was impressed though that he’d hung on to the nasal cannula for 24 hours while being “sick” and hoped that means he’ll manage a longer cannula stretch in a few days after he’s rested a bit and hopefully gotten over his infection.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Finnur took Anna to a birthday party this morning and then had a quiet afternoon as she and I snoozed. We gave him a few small birthday presents (Anna was so excited!) before going out to dinner. Finnur then put Anna to bed before going to see Bjarki who apparently just slept. Good for him! Anna wasn’t too keen on falling asleep in her “new” room, but finally dozed off after Finnur came home and stayed with her for a bit. And that’s about it for now. Good night!<\/i>]<\/p>\n
Bjarki var or\u00f0inn verulega \u00fereyttur \u00e1 a\u00f0 anda alveg sj\u00e1lfur \u00ed g\u00e6rkv\u00f6ldi og um mi\u00f0ja n\u00f3tt settu \u00feeir hann aftur \u00e1 nefp\u00fasti\u00f0. \u00c9g hringdi einmitt \u00e1 v\u00f6kudeildina \u00e1\u00f0ur en \u00e9g f\u00f3r a\u00f0 sofa og \u00fea\u00f0 fyrsta sem hj\u00fakkan (sem haf\u00f0i teki\u00f0 vi\u00f0 honum tveimur t\u00edmum \u00e1\u00f0ur) sag\u00f0i var “\u00c9g held honum l\u00edki ekki vi\u00f0 mig!” \u00de\u00e1 var hann sem sagt farinn a\u00f0 “Breid\u00eda” og “D\u00ed-satta” (hvorugt gott) svo \u00e9g f\u00f3r a\u00f0 sofa nokku\u00f0 viss um a\u00f0 hann yr\u00f0i flj\u00f3tlega settur \u00e1 \u00f6ndunarv\u00e9l. En \u00feegar til kom \u00fe\u00e1 fannst l\u00e6knunum hann ekki vera \u00fea\u00f0 veikur og settu hann aftur \u00e1 nefp\u00fasti\u00f0 \u00ed sta\u00f0inn.<\/p>\n
\u00c9g hj\u00f3la\u00f0i (\u00ed fyrsta sinn!) upp \u00e1 sp\u00edtala \u00ed h\u00e1deginu \u00ed dag og gekk inn akk\u00farat \u00feegar \u00fe\u00e6r voru a\u00f0 kl\u00e1ra a\u00f0 ganga fr\u00e1 \u00e6\u00f0alegg n\u00famer tv\u00f6 (fyrir bl\u00f3\u00f0gj\u00f6f)! \u00c9g ver\u00f0 a\u00f0 vi\u00f0urkenna a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 \u00feyrmdi n\u00fa eiginlega yfir mig a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 drenginn me\u00f0 \u00e6\u00f0aleggi \u00ed b\u00e1\u00f0u handleggjum og var h\u00e1lf \u00feunglynd fyrir hans h\u00f6nd \u00fea\u00f0 sem eftir lif\u00f0i dags. Kannski var \u00e9g bara a\u00f0eins of svefn- og matarlaus, en \u00e6\u00f0aleggja-drama\u00f0 mitt \u00e1 sp\u00edtalanum hj\u00e1lpa\u00f0i ekki upp \u00e1.<\/p>\n
\u00deannig a\u00f0, nokkrir hlutir sem \u00e9g l\u00e6r\u00f0i \u00e1 sp\u00edtalanum var\u00f0andi \u00e6\u00f0aleggi. a) Sv\u00e6fingarl\u00e6knarnir eru bestir a\u00f0 setja upp \u00e6\u00f0aleggi. b) Ef ma\u00f0ur \u00e1 ekki von \u00e1 bl\u00f3\u00f0gj\u00f6f, heldur bara lyfjum og v\u00f6kva, \u00fe\u00e1 er h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 bi\u00f0ja um barnast\u00e6r\u00f0 af n\u00e1lum. \u00dea\u00f0 er b\u00e6\u00f0i au\u00f0veldara a\u00f0 koma \u00feeim fyrir og svo eru \u00fe\u00e6r \u00fe\u00e6gilegri \u00fev\u00ed \u00fe\u00e6r eru minni. c) \u00dea\u00f0 er h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 bi\u00f0ja um a\u00f0 f\u00e1 lyfin h\u00e6gt inn um \u00e6\u00f0alegginn. Hann endist lengur \u00feannig.<\/p>\n
Ok, aftur a\u00f0 Bjarka. Hann hefur v\u00edst hv\u00edlst \u00e1g\u00e6tlega \u00ed dag og \u00ed kv\u00f6ld var fyrri \u00e6\u00f0aleggurinn fjarl\u00e6g\u00f0ur \u00fev\u00ed hann var h\u00e6ttur a\u00f0 virka. Hann ver\u00f0ur \u00e1 s\u00fdklalyfjum \u00ed viku, og \u00e1n mj\u00f3lkur meiripart vikunnar. En l\u00e6knirinn var \u00e1n\u00e6g\u00f0ur me\u00f0 a\u00f0 hann skyldi n\u00e1 24 t\u00edmum \u00e1 nefr\u00f6rinu \u00fe\u00f3 hann v\u00e6ri “veikur” og var a\u00f0 vonast til a\u00f0 hann myndi endast lengur eftir sm\u00e1 hv\u00edld og \u00feegar hann v\u00e6ri kominn yfir s\u00fdkinguna.<\/p>\n
Af \u00f6\u00f0rum fj\u00f6lskyldume\u00f0limum er \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 fr\u00e9tta a\u00f0 Finnur f\u00f3r me\u00f0 \u00d6nnu S\u00f3lr\u00fanu \u00ed afm\u00e6lisveislu \u00ed morgun. Vi\u00f0 m\u00e6\u00f0gur hv\u00edldum okkur svo eftir h\u00e1degi. Finnur f\u00e9kk nokkrar afm\u00e6lisgjafir fr\u00e1 okkur eftir l\u00farinn (Anna S\u00f3lr\u00fan var ekkert sm\u00e1 spennt!) og s\u00ed\u00f0an f\u00f3rum vi\u00f0 \u00fat a\u00f0 bor\u00f0a. Finnur “sv\u00e6f\u00f0i” svo \u00d6nnu \u00e1\u00f0ur en hann f\u00f3r \u00e1 sp\u00edtalann \u00fear sem Bjarki svaf v\u00edst bara. Anna S\u00f3lr\u00fan var hins vegar ekkert \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 sofna fyrr en pabbi kom aftur og var sm\u00e1 stund hj\u00e1 henni. Og \u00fear me\u00f0 er \u00fea\u00f0 upptali\u00f0! G\u00f3\u00f0a n\u00f3tt!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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