Today was a weird day! Actually, mommy says I was weird all weekend. I wouldn't sleep during the day at all. She and daddy both noticed that I would fall asleep for 10 to 20 minutes and then wake up. Well both Saturday and Sunday night I was very grouchy because I was so over tired....but I slept really good both nights. Mommy thought maybe I was just getting on a different schedule, but then today I wasn't hungry like I usually am and just felt like sleeping most of the day.
My day care provider called mommy and told her that she was concerned because I couldn't stay awake to eat and my O2 stats were lower than usual....well it's a good thing mommy and daddy plan accordingly...mommy told my day care provider to put my nose hose back in and mommy would call my Dr. Clark. The day care provider let mommy know that as soon as my nose hose was back in, I was waking up and breathing better too...and starving too!
But mommy called my Dr. Clark anyway and we met daddy at Dr. Clark's office because he was concerned about lil' old me too! My Dr. Clark checked me all over and listened to me for a long time and she said I sounded really good....just a little snotty and stuffy...but I didn't have a cold. Mommy and daddy explained that when I spit up, sometimes my formula comes out my nose. Mommy does her best to clean out my nose with salene solution and that nose sucker thing, but it just doesn't work that well. Mommy says she can't get it far enough into my nose to get the formula out all the time....She said she wishes she had the suction hose from the NICU, that works awesome!!!!
My Dr. Clark told mommy a secret about shooting the salene far up into my nose with a syringe.....no, there's no needle on the syringe sillies! My Dr. Clark said that I would sneeze and get all the gunky formula out on my own if mommy shot the salene way up in my tiny nose. My Dr. Clark also said that because my nose was stuffy and not running, I was having to work really hard to get air into me, which then made me really tired and start to get lazy. So mommy and daddy are to watch me closely because no one really thinks I need the nose hose anymore, as long as I'm not stuffy.
Mommy shot my nose with salene tonight and oh my gosh....I sneezed a big old sneeze and then the salene came out my mouth with some yucky formula...since I'm a boy and boys like gross stuff, I thought it was pretty cool...I didn't even cry!!!! I'm breathing much better now, but My Dr. Clark thinks maybe I should have the nose hose for at least a couple days to give me a rest...Otherwise I'm a really healthy boy.
Oh yeah, the good news is that my Dr. Clark thought I looked so big that she wanted me to be weighed, even though it wasn't a regular appointment. I weigh 12 lbs and 6 ozs. Want to hear the cool part? I've gained 30 ozs. in 19 days!!!!! Oh Yeah!!! Mommy immediately asked if mommy and daddy were overfeeding me, but my Dr. Clark said no, no, no.....if I'm hungry I can eat what I want. But she did lower the calorie count of my formula since I'm doing so awesome! Pretty soon I'll be just like other babies and not have a special diet....when I get to that point, I'm going to steal some of daddy's chocolate!!!!!! Woo hoo!
I have to go back next week for my 6 month check up and I think I heard mommy whisper something about 6 month shots...I think I'm going to hide from mommy and daddy on that day! But then again, I can't hide because I also get to go to the NICU for a follow-up appointment....I can't wait to visit all my lovely lady Nurses again!:) And don't forget my really smart doctors.....I hope they're all there so I can show them how strong I am!!!! I'll definately let you know how my appointments go....but for now....I think I'll take a nap:)
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment