How do you spell Amoxicillin, again?

Dear Samuel,

Not much change today. I wish I could say the same for your Mom, Isaac and Schatze.

Mom woke up feeling even worse today (sore throat and congested). We cleared it with your doctors to have her take some Amoxicillin to try to help her get rid of this nasty cold. She asked me earlier today if she "looked as bad as she felt"......I didn't answer. Your brother Isaac is still fighting something too. He has more of a cough and runny nose. Schatze is just Schatze. She's sitting across the room from me and I can hear her stomach making all kinds of noises (The temp is going to drop this weekend). For now, I'm healthy as a horse (knock on wood). 

You had a really good night last night. Your nurse said that from 11:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. she was in your room twice because of de-sats. Today, however, you were a little naughty (as your nurses like to call it). Only 1 ABD but a lot of de-sats. Good news is that you recover on your own when you do de-sat. 

Tonight, when I came down to see you, your O2 was at 32%. 32%!!!! That's the lowest you have been in weeks! I'm pretty impressed, because I would think that with the RSV that you would require more O2. Guess you're just a little champ. 

Your weight was down 20 grams last night to 790 (1 pound 11.5 ounces). This is going to be our next milestone; getting your weight up. I threatened you with Hans and Frans before....don't think I won't do it......

See you tomorrow buddy! 

Love, 

Mom and Dad

Good Mojo

Dear Samuel,

Not much to report today. Mostly status quo.

I got to hold you again today and you seemed to tolerate it very well. I think you just wanted to watch the Badger's game with me. I got to hold you right when the game was heading to OT. We sent some good mojo their way, that's for sure. Can't help but think we'll have some come our way too.....

Mostly a good day today, only a few random ABDs and de-sats. Your O2 levels have been as low as 37% and as high as 50%. Being on your tummy is still your favorite....when the nurses put you on your side or back you like to ABD or de-sat, so your tummy it is. During one of your ABD/de-sat the nurses were able to suction some gunk out of your nose, and were impressed by how much "gunk" you had in there. I guess I would take that as a compliment, but I'm not real sure buddy?!!? 

Your weight went back up to 810 grams (1 pound 12.6 ounces). 

Happy New Year pal. Here's to a happy and healthy 2015! 

Love, 

Mom and Dad

Bath-time Fun!

Dear Samuel,

Today was bath day. FINALLY!

You weren't exactly thrilled with this whole bath thing, but trust me...you needed it.

The cool part was that you didn't really have any de-sats during bath time. We were a little worried it would wear you out but I think you ended up liking it. 

We worked on some kung-fu......

Mama was happy :) 

Took some video of bath time too: 

Otherwise, everything else is status quo. You had a few of the ABD's today, but they are occurring far less than yesterday. Looks like the caffeine that they are giving you is working!

Your weight is up to 810 grams!! 1 pound 12.5 ounces for the layperson (We are starting to learn the nurse-speak).

Today was good pal, let's have more days like today......

Love,
Mom and Dad

Acronyms for Everyone!

Dear Samuel,

Not a whole lot of change today, which is what we like.

You did have a few ABD's today (We are learning all kinds of acronyms through all of this....ABD stands for Apnea, Brady, De-Sat) but nothing like you did yesterday; at least anything prolonged. Unfortunately, (Or Fortunately?) this is fairly common in premies. However, all of the tests/cultures that they took yesterday have all come back negative still. One thing they did to counteract these ABD's was to increase your overall dose of caffeine but split it into two doses per day. So far, this seems to be doing the trick.

Other than that, there hasn't been any change today. Your weight is barely up at 1 pounds 11.9 ounces

Your mom and I only came down once today. We think Isaac got us both sick and don't want to run the risk of giving it to you. We are hoping to give you that bath that you desperately need, tomorrow.

I'm glad that these are starting to be short and shorter. I can't wait for the day when I can stop writing these! Not that I don't like talking/writing about you.....Just that I can't wait until the day when we get to take you home.

Love,
Mom and Dad