[I went to see Bjarki at noon today, just like every other day. He is still on the CPAP, but getting tired of all the hard work. The doctors decided to lower the pressure holding his lungs open in the hope that it will make his breathing easier. They want to avoid for as long as they can to put him back on the ventilator. Before this visit I understood the heartbeat line (green) and the oxygen saturation line (blue) on his vital sign monitor, but now I know how the third and last line works – the breathing line (white).<\/p>\n
At noon he was having a number of apnea episodes, which of course causes the heartbeat to go down along with the oxygen saturation. Sometimes he figured out for himself that this isn’t the best idea in the world and started to breathe again, but sometimes his preemie-brain didn’t care and then he had to be stroked on the back or tickled to wake up. Kind of ironic that he is too tired to breath and needs to rest, but to keep him alive you need to constantly wake him up.<\/p>\n
Anyway, I went home and called later that day and the nurses said he was still doing well, possibly better after caffeine dose at two o’clock (not kidding). They did their best to not disturb him so he could rest. We’ll see what happens tonight and tomorrow, but he has at least broken his old record on the CPAP, which was two days.<\/p>\n
In other news, we cleaned house today. Grandma Anna vacuumed the place upstairs and downstairs, and mopped the kitchen floor. We then washed four loads of laundry and cleaned the fridge. Fortunately, I managed to crash into bed before Anna S\u00f3lr\u00fan came home, as I was on my last drops of energy. Dinner was delivered from a restaurant nearby, sponsored by the admins at Anna’s daycare – not bad indeed! Finnur and grandma Anna then went grocery shopping and filled up the fridge, so we should be good for a few days. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Oh, and we have a some new (old) pictures up (see left column)<\/i>]<\/p>\n
\u00c9g f\u00f3r til Bjarka Freys \u00ed h\u00e1deginu \u00ed dag sem fyrri daga. Hann var enn\u00fe\u00e1 \u00e1 nef\u00f6nduninni, en eitthva\u00f0 farinn a\u00f0 \u00fereytast \u00e1 allri vinnunni. L\u00e6knarnir \u00e1kv\u00e1\u00f0u a\u00f0 minnka \u00fer\u00fdstinginn sem heldur lungunum opnum \u00ed \u00feeirri von a\u00f0 minni \u00fer\u00fdstingur (hj\u00e1lp) ger\u00f0i \u00f6ndunina au\u00f0veldari, \u00fev\u00ed \u00feeir vilja for\u00f0ast \u00fea\u00f0 \u00ed lengstu l\u00f6g a\u00f0 setja drenginn aftur \u00e1 \u00f6ndunarv\u00e9lina. Fyrir \u00feessa heims\u00f3kn var \u00e9g b\u00fain a\u00f0 l\u00e6ra \u00e1 hjartsl\u00e1ttar-l\u00ednuna (gr\u00e6n) og s\u00farefnismettunar-l\u00ednuna (bl\u00e1) sem sj\u00e1st \u00e1 einum t\u00f6lvuskj\u00e1num, en n\u00fa l\u00e6r\u00f0i \u00e9g \u00feri\u00f0ju og s\u00ed\u00f0ustu l\u00ednuna sem er \u00f6ndunar-l\u00ednunan (hv\u00edt).<\/p>\n
\u00cd h\u00e1deginu var \u00feannig fari\u00f0 a\u00f0 bera heldur miki\u00f0 \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 Bjarki Freyr v\u00e6ri a\u00f0 gleyma a\u00f0 anda, sem au\u00f0vita\u00f0 veldur \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 hjartsl\u00e1tturinn fer ni\u00f0ur og s\u00farefnismettunin l\u00edka. Stundum \u00e1tta\u00f0i hann sig \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00feetta v\u00e6ri ekkert sni\u00f0ugt og f\u00f3r aftur a\u00f0 anda, en stundum var fyrirburaheilanum alveg sl\u00e9tt sama og \u00fe\u00e1 t\u00f3ku vi\u00f0 bak-b\u00f6nk og kitler\u00ed til a\u00f0 vekja drenginn. Gr\u00e1tbroslegt a\u00f0 vita til \u00feess a\u00f0 hann s\u00e9 or\u00f0inn \u00fereyttur drengurinn og \u00feurfi a\u00f0 hv\u00edla sig, en a\u00f0 til a\u00f0 halda honum \u00e1 l\u00edfi \u00feurfi stanslaust a\u00f0 vera a\u00f0 vekja hann.<\/p>\n
Hva\u00f0 um \u00fea\u00f0, \u00e9g f\u00f3r heim og hringdi seinna um daginn og heyr\u00f0ist \u00e1 hj\u00fakkunum a\u00f0 hann v\u00e6ri enn\u00fe\u00e1 \u00ed svipu\u00f0u fari, en m\u00f6gulega a\u00f0eins sk\u00e1rri eftir koff\u00edn skammt klukkan tv\u00f6 (\u00e9g er ekki a\u00f0 gr\u00ednast). \u00de\u00e6r voru a\u00f0 gera sitt allra besta til a\u00f0 l\u00e1ta hann sem mest \u00ed fri\u00f0i svo a\u00f0 hann g\u00e6ti hv\u00edlt sig. Vi\u00f0 sj\u00e1um hva\u00f0 setur \u00ed n\u00f3tt og \u00e1 morgun, en hann er amk b\u00fainn a\u00f0 brj\u00f3ta sitt fyrra met \u00e1 nef\u00f6nduninni, sem var tveir dagar.<\/p>\n
\u00cd \u00f6\u00f0rum fr\u00e9ttum \u00fe\u00e1 var ger\u00f0ur hreingerningarskurkur \u00ed dag. Anna eldri ryksuga\u00f0i h\u00fasi\u00f0 h\u00e1tt og l\u00e1gt og sk\u00fara\u00f0i eldh\u00fasg\u00f3lfi\u00f0, vi\u00f0 settum \u00ed 4 \u00fevottav\u00e9lar og hreinsu\u00f0um allar g\u00f6mlu leyfarnar \u00fat \u00far \u00edssk\u00e1pnum. Sem betur fer t\u00f3kst m\u00e9r a\u00f0 hrynja \u00ed r\u00fami\u00f0 \u00e1\u00f0ur en Anna S\u00f3lr\u00fan kom heim, enda f\u00e1ir bens\u00edndropar eftir \u00e1 tankinum. Kv\u00f6ldmaturinn var heimsendur fr\u00e1 veitingasta\u00f0 \u00ed bo\u00f0i starfsf\u00f3lks leiksk\u00f3lans hennar \u00d6nnu S\u00f3lr\u00fanar, ekki amalegt \u00fea\u00f0! M\u00e6\u00f0ginin f\u00f3ru svo \u00ed b\u00fa\u00f0ina og fylltu \u00edssk\u00e1pinn svo vi\u00f0 \u00e6ttum a\u00f0 vera vel sett \u00ed nokkra daga. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Og j\u00e1, n\u00fdjar (gamlar) myndir komnar inn h\u00e9r til vinstri.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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