It’s actually been kind of boring the past couple days. In a NICU-boring sense. We are just in repair and maintain mode here – making sure Colten’s wound is healing from surgery and that he’s progressing in other areas like weight gain. Colten should get his stitches and drain port removed today by plastic surgery. […]
This morning Colten had his first physical therapy appointment with Dan Santioni. We already have a great feeling about this man and are excited to work more with him. He started with some basic muscle response testing, sensory responses, visual and auditory preliminary testing and some stretching. Clinically we should clarify that most of the […]
I’ve mentioned before that this adventure redefines normal for us and sure enough, yesterday that concept smacked me across the face. Quite a lot happened in the past day since yesterday afternoon’s post so I’ll try to catch you all up… Yesterday afternoon (Saturday), things were going pretty well. I had actually started to nurse […]
A huge thank you to those of you that have stopped by to visit. It has made some of our days go much faster and has been a good distraction. I cannot imagine doing this at Sparrow where the NICU was a group room and there really was no where to sit, store personal items […]
It feels great to start a day on a full night’s rest. Midnight to 5 AM is a full night’s rest, right?! It certainly is more sleep than I’ve had in quite a while! We got a phone call this morning from the nurse on duty (by the way, these nurses are incredible, patient, kind […]
Colten’s surgery was at 7:30 AM today. Prior to surgery I was able to hold him for short while, then the IV on his head had to get removed due to malfunction. It was replaced by another one in his hand. Apparently with little ones, IVs don’t often last longer than a day because the […]
So today was Colten’s first full day at U of M Mott Children’s Hospital. It was a good day! The staff and environment are both fantastic. We know we’re in the right place for him. I was discharged today at about 1:00 PM, about 24 hours post c-section. This is really not appropriate, but I […]
Welcome to the world, Colten! October 3, 2012, 12:36 PM Weight: 7# 14 ounces Height: n/a I started this post around 6:30 AM on Wednesday – yesterday, under the assumption I wouldn’t have time or desire to do a recap of the day by late tonight. So today’s post was going to be logbook style… […]
Yesterday I had my last OB/Gyn appointment with Dr. Herta. Nothing special, just some information for prepping for the c-section and what to expect afterwards. We were scheduled for 2:00 PM tomorrow, Wednesday, with a check-in time of 12:00 PM. Then received a call this morning that they’re moving it to a 12:00 PM delivery, […]
The Adventures of Colten Robert 