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Friday, October 13, 2006
I'm back online through the power of FedEx, bringer of laptop power supplies.
Isaac peed on me this morning while I was attempting a diaper change. I guess I'm really his mom now!
He gets woken up and fed/changed/measured/annoyed every three hours, and I try to be there for that since it's the best time to take him out and hold him. He likes to wrap his little hand around my finger and hold on tight, which just kills me every time.
 He's getting breastmilk now, sometimes in a bottle and sometimes down his feeding tube, which runs through his nose. The bottle isn't always successful, but we try it if he's interested. I'm pleased that I'm able to make IsaacChow. I have a scary rented breast pump now. It has a brown case and has been dubbed Calculon, after the suave robot actor from Futurama. I can't remember who said that breast pumps are what would result if robots made porn, but it's pretty much true.
Today was a lousy day to be Isaac, because he followed the typical preemie trajectory of needing jaundice treatment on his third day. He spent most of the day under strong UV lights to stimulate his skin. He looked like either George Hamilton working on his tan (while wearing a batman-esque foam mask to protect his eyes, so maybe it was actually Adam West), or else someone's dorm room weed-growing project.
Of course he needed to have maximum skin exposed to the lights, which meant diaper only, no swaddling, and that was so upsetting. The nurses did their best to make him a little nest with rolled blankets so he had boundaries to kick and didn't feel like he was out in space. I took him out for a snuggle this afternoon and he never really calmed down, he was so pissed off. He's tiny, but capable of a pretty impressive case of Baby Rage. Hopefully the treatment will work and he'll be swaddled again by tomorrow morning.
The nicu staff is great, and I can tell that they care about Isaac. They all have little stories about him and keep us up to date on what he's doing and what his latest preferences are. They're really good about explaining what they're doing and giving us as much time with him as we can get.
I'm supposed to get out of the hospital tomorrow, which means I can go HOME and see the GRACIE and enjoy tivo and try to remember what it's like to wear clothes, after two and a half weeks of hospital couture. I think I still remember how to put on pants.
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