Henry's Fountain

Lisa G. was on duty yesterday. Henry slept a good part of the day. I came around 12:45PM. My mom was holding him. He was supposed to have an eye exam, but that was rescheduled for today. I held him for a while. He wasn't that interested in nursing. I put him back into his isolette around 3PM, so that I could get some lunch. When I came back up, he was still sleepy, so I left him in his bed.

Jeff and I came back to visit him in the evening. We ran into my sister Carolyn in the washroom. Aunt Carolyn changed his diaper. Henry put on a show for her by having a brady and then, in the middle of the change, making a fountain. His diaper was 32 grams. Kathy was Henry's evening nurse. She weighed him at 1450 grams. Jeff and I were a little disappointed because although we do not expect him to gain weight everyday, we don't like to see it go backward.

After the diaper change, Aunt Carolyn held him. We were lucky that the nurses decided to ignore the no visitors after 9PM rule. The pod was quiet, and there were no other families there, so it was easy for them to ignore it, which we appreciated. After Carolyn held him, I tried to get him to nurse, but he just wanted to sleep.

I suspect that his super sleepiness yesterday was brought on by one of two things: (1) he's going through a growth spurt, or (2) his anemia is getting to him. He was supposed to have a crit and retic test today. They usually do those blood draws in the early morning. When I called, Jen was his nurse this morning and she said no blood draws had been ordered or made, which is odd. So, I'm headed down there soon to see what they've decided to do.