One- day- old. Â Boy what a change from yesturday. Â 24 hours ago I was nice and cozy inside my my mommy’s belly where it was dark and all the sounds were muted……Well things have changed. Â I have all these things hooked up to me with lights and beeping sounds.
I am doing well ( thanks G-d). Â But I am not sure my mommy and daddy have processed all this yet.
Mommy is still in a lot of pain from the surgery and daddy is running back and forth between being there for me and being there for mommy. Â In fact, i do not think daddy has slept in 48 hours. Â At least mommy has some good drugs to make her feel better.
I am in the NICU Level 3 unit and am being monitored 24-7. Â I have a lots of wires and thins connected to me…but I don;t really seem to be bothered by them all that much. Â I have three leads that are attached to my chest and stomach. Â The first one monitors my temperature. Â The second checks my heart rate. Â The third check my breathing. Â If any of these thing go up or down the slightest all kinds of bells and sirens go off.
I think my daddy almost had a heart attack the first time something went off. But you get used to it after a while. Â I also have a tube in my mouth to feed me. Â I have a central line in my belly button ( just in case the doctors need to give me life saving meds right away. Â The thing in my nose is called a C-Pap. Â It helps to give my lungs a little extra bit of help. Â But I am breathing regular air and am not intubated. Â Lastly I have a special blue light that comes from a Biliblanket. Â This Biliblanket is giving me phototheropy to help with my jaundice ( a common thing with new premature babies and many newborn babies.)
More important then all this medical stuff is that fact that I finally got to see and touch my mommy today and she got to see me. Â She sure is pretty. Â I hope I got her looks and not daddy’s!!!
