Nicu Love
NICU 28
First outfit
Day 80 - 81
Gestation 34 - 35 weeks
I attempted to have some me time this morning, which really just ends up being cleaning and my crochet business. I’m exhausted, physically and emotionally and pumping is relentless.
I come in to SCBU to see goodbyes, 2 Mum friends leaving. Im happy for them getting to go home but sucks we are still here going 12 weeks and no mention of home yet.
The nurse asked today if I still want to chat to the charge nurse about the covid policies but I don’t have it in me today.
The location Mum and dad have done their due diligence and are in good spirits, no hard feeling at all. Which is great but it shouldn’t be up to them, what if they weren’t good people? This is why is there needs to be clear policy in place.
I’ve been in all day and as I was about to leave to pick up Sylvie, Kayden did another first. He was sucking his thumb, with such enthusiasm and effort. It’s the most energy I have seen him put out. I’m watching and videoing and time is disappearing, I cut it really close and got Sylvie with only a minute spare. Poor dot fell out of bed twice that night, despite the bumper.
The unit was busy bee in the morning, new babies galore and screens up everywhere. I’m not a fan of the screens, I think they’re a safety risk. They visually and physically obstruct the nurses. We seem to be the only long haulers in this zone which makes me uncomfortable. It’s a very different journey having a microprem, from where I’m sitting all I see is a dream, they’ll be out of here in under a week.
We get shifted one zone over with a old NICU mate. We are actually one spot left of Sylvies old space. Seems like a lifetime ago I sat here with her. She absolutely cruised through her time here, 26 days and we were home. Now she’s the top of pack of toddlers, I hope Kayden will be tough like her.
Kaydens highflow is down to 7 litres and he is in air. We still have the oxygen available but it’s off for now. He tried bolus feeds 31 mls and after about 3 feeds he started to desat and Brady. So he’s back onto compressed over 30 minutes again. He will also get weight twice weekly now.
I released my NICU Love Collection today with tees and beanies, I’m really hoping it does well. I’ve put a lot of work into it and ordered special leather tags. I would love to be able to add more tees designs and different beanies. I really enjoy finding new yarns and making up patterns. I really hope it does well, I could use some wins.