New hat

They handed out 4th of July hats early. This hat barely fits her. She wore it for a few hours and then got hot.

We hate the unknown!

Brinson has had a few more not breathing episodes (2 last night and 2 today) . They are not sure what is going on. They think she needs to poop and that she might have a urinary infection.

She had an eye exam today and the right eye is fine but the left could need some attention. They will check again in a week.

Her echo and ekg have been postoned till the 19th.

Ring shot progression

3 Days old - March 7th

4 weeks old - April 4th

6 weeks old - April 19th

14 weeks old - June 16th

Father's Day

Here are some photos from Father's Day. I was lucky enough to hold Brinson before she started having issues.

Got cold, stopped feeds

Last night, Brinson again got cold and had some greenish residuals on her feeds. Cold temp and green residual (slow gut) can mean infection. So, they made a decision to do a full workup on her.

She is also back under a warmer, sitting at 40% O2 and getting 2 different antibiotics.

One possibility is, since she is not acting sick, it could be Brinson not tolerating the breast milk feeds and they may have to change to formula.

The good news is whatever it is, we caught it early.

Squeeky hiccups!

Meme and Grammy

Bundle O'Brinson

Without snuggly
With snuggly

A gift from Noah's parents, it is dog holding a pacifier.

Because she is holding her own temperature (no warmer) she does need some clothing and blankets to help. So they bundle her up and un-bundle when she gets to hot (99F)

Starting yesterday there is no snuggly being used, because she is a big girl. Brinson at term (June 26th, 40weeks) will be very close to Lisa's weight when she was born.

Our neighbor across the way

Here is Sami spending time with Noah and his Mother-in-law

Across the pod

Sami (Noah's father, Laura's husband) keeps things light in the NICU, I don't know how he does it; probably a lot of crying in the shower. But somehow he is able to laugh and joke every time we see him.

When things get tense, we both dump on each other about our current frustrations and end up feeling much better afterwards.

You can read more about Noah here (you do have to register though)

Daddy with Brinson

Her outfit says it all!

Daddy reading a story about a princes to our princess

Yesterday I got to spend some time with Brinson. I read her a story and I just sat with her and held her pacifier while she just looked around.

She loved every minute of it.

Today Brinson should be pretty amped up because I get to hold her and she is getting a blood transfusion. She is making some of her own, but not quite enough yet.