april 1st-3 wks old

April 1, 2008 - Tuesday
3 weeks old! 4-1-08 Current mood: anxious
so we found out yesterday that sean would have to go back to the island for work as there is only one other perosn who is working in his office as everyone else is on leave or on a det to cali until next week so they couldnt get him orders here (for the time being). So we went and got my car last night fomr my parents and left vinny there and i went back to the hospital and sean went home. it was soo weird driving my car after not driving for 3 weeks.
anyways, the way senas rottion works at work he should have tomorow off but NOPE he doesn. since he is one of two left in the office he has to work today through sat and can have sun-tues off and by the end of next week everyone will be back so they are then goign to see about getting him orders here at Fort Lewis while Owen is still in the hospital. it iwll be a great relief to me as i will ahve help with vinny AND more importantly sean can spend some time with his lil boy (owen) too. So about my BUSY day. i got up early so i could make it to Owens 9 am bottle feed so i could do it and i fed him (which he eats all 32 ccs in like 2 mins flat and wants more) and i held him and rocked him while he slept until 11:42 when i left to get something to eat and relax a bit before going back for his 3:00 bottle feed. i turned on my cell and i had a message. out of all the days for the fisher house to have a room available for us it is the day sena isnt here. i had to check in by NOON (that was in like 18 mins!) so i go and do paperwork, get the tour and then it was 1:00 and i still had to grab something go back to the hotel to pack and check out and move everything UPSTAIRS to our room in the fisher house AND be at the hospital by 3:00! AAAHHHH! So i grabbed a quick bite and dove into packing. i had to make like 8 trips (ok it was 5) from our hotel room to the car and then it was 2:30 by the time i pulled back into the fisher house so i had a half hour to bring everything upstairs and get back to the hospital. needless to say nothing got unpacked but i made it to the feeding on time...exhausted but i made it! then when i was feeding him his nurse, crystal, today asked if they would up his food amoutn as after 32 ccs he was still wanting more. so not only did they up his feeds but now 2/3 of his meals are bottle fed instead of just 3xs a day. so it will go bottle-bottle-tube-bottle-bottle-tube-etc, etc. and when he is bottle fed he got upped to 40ccs but still only 32 ccs for tube feedings as they dont want to push it. hopefully with this uppage of ccs he will pack on some more weight (which he gained more today too) and he will maintain his body temp in an open crib. he has two things left to do to go home once he is full bottle fed (all meals fed by bottle..one more meal a day to go until this), maintain his temp and then no bradys for 5 days. then we’re home free! i know we still have about 4 weeks until all this but still. i cant help but feel the end is getting near. so i thought the next feed would be at 9 so i was getting ready to elave at 445 and was going to go back to the fisher hosue to take a nap and i said "see you at nine" and she reminded me abotu his change in feed and so his next bottle feed was going to be at 6pm and 9pm owuld be his tube feeding. so left and got a coffee and then had to be right back there to feed him. so i didnt get out of there until almost 8:0 pm as i rocked him to sleep and hung out for a bit and i am now soo exahusted that i am heading to bed early. so ya, that was my exciting and yet busy day! get to go back starting tomorow at 9am.
I am jsut amazed at all the advancements he has made in a meere 3 weeks. i think it is amazing how fast he has been progressing for how small he was when he was born and still is. The night nurse last night told me it was funny cuz she never thought someone soo small could be soo onry. wonder where he gets that from?! LOL. oh and the NICU nurses have nicknamed him The WIIZZARD or Mr. Wizz as hehas pee’d on almsot everyone of them and is contantly leaking thorugh the diapers. i call him my little squirt. never thought id come up with anything to nickname him until after we got home and i got to know him better but jus tlike "Cheekies" came o me one day out of the blue for Vinny "Squirt" came to me the other day! I LOVE MY BOYS!!!