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Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Isaac is a week old today! We resisted the urge to put a candle in his vial of milk this morning.
As a present, he's getting his PICC line out today. He's doing great without the IV nutrition. I'm relieved since they're prone to infection and that's one less thing to worry about.
I also knit him a little hat last night, and brought him one of his cute mini-preemie shirt and hat sets from here. He has been wearing a hospital t-shirt that is too big for him, so this will be a nice, dignified little outfit for his more formal events.
He was in full Overwhelm this morning, so we didn't try to change his outfit. Sometimes he throws up Jazz Hands in front of his face, which means he needs much much less stimulation. It's hard to remember that he's not really wired to deal with the world yet. The nurse made a little blanket tent over him to block out the light and sound while Dennis held him very still in a tight swaddle, and we got his food into him.
He seemed a bit less stressed out after he noisily filled his diaper at the end of the meal, and he was a good sport about letting us change it. For a creature with such skinny little bird-legs, he certainly does know how to fight a diaper change. He has a monitor attached to one heel, which adds the extra complication of keeping the wire out of the poop. But we're getting pretty good at it, and each diaper is another sign that his digestive system is up to speed.
I can't believe that it's only been a week. It seems like he's always been here.
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