Calmer Wednesday

Yesterday was much calmer than Tuesday. Melita was Henry's day nurse. He appeared fairly relaxed and sleepy. Melissa had turned his oxygen up a tad during the night. Melita turned it back down to 30%. Yesterday was a non-Lasix day. His output was normal for a baby his size, which is good.

Henry and I kangarooed for about two and a half hours during the day. Fr. Joe, the chaplain at UMC, gave us a visit. He visited me when I was in the hospital and told me that he's come up to the NICU a few times to say prayers for Henry. Fr. Joe used to teach at my high school. He was my teacher for two religion courses (morality during my sophomore year and world religions during my junior or senior year). Small world.

In the evening, Emily was Henry's nurse. She said that he weighed 1,050 grams. He did a little sat surfing while we were there. Jeff and Henry did skin-to-skin for well over two hours. Henry set off the alarms a couple of times because his sats dipped below the appropriate level. They ranged from 70% to 99%. He recovered quickly from his dips and, for the most part, had sat levels in the mid to high 90s. He enjoyed it when Jeff talked and hummed softly to him. When we put Henry back into his isolette, he was wide awake and looking very cute. We stayed until he drifted off to sleep.

My dad went for his usual morning visit with Henry. Lisa G. is Henry's nurse again today. My dad said that Henry looked great. I'm off to see him now.