niccu 5/16

niccu 5/16
in the children's hospital niccu on 5/16/11 4 hours after birth

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

5/19 Got to see our baby boy!

The best feeling was when you lay eyes on your child in person for the very first time. I can't describe the feeling, it is just simply amazing and out of this world. In our case it was a little different. Our baby is sick and hooked up to all these tubes, machines, and equipment. You can't hold your baby like you would a healthy baby. But with all of that said, it is still the best feeling knowing that you created that baby and he is all yours.

The first day I saw Stephen was when he was 3 days old. He looked so strong and so beautiful. He was very sedated and on a good amount of pain medication, so he was very comfortable. His face was very swollen from the medicine too. All of his fingers and toes are absolutely perfect. He hasn't opened his eyes yet at this point and  we can see his bottom little lip but not the top due to the ventilator. Stephen and I sang him his song that I always sung to him while I was pregnant and talked to him and told him what a strong boy he is and how proud we are of him for being such a great fighter.

Day 3, Stephen Jr. is on about a 6-8 level of Dopamine, Fentanyl 1.5, and Versed 1-2, and the ventilator setting of oxygen is at 48%. No Nitric Oxide or ECMO has been needed at all at this point which we are extremely happy about.

2 comments:

  1. Brittany I'm so proud of you as I follow your days, you are doing everything you can in such a positive way to help Stephen Jr along his road to recovery. If he's anything like his mommy he is one tough little guy :)
    Elyssa

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