What happened to all the time I had?

I went to the hospital and when I got there, the surgeon was coming on to take a look at Isaiah's extremely large hernia. He told me that after checking things out for himself, he and Dr. Holcomb have come to the conclusion that it would be in Isaiah's best interest to NOT have the surgery done right now. He said that since they would have to put him under and insert a breathing tube, they are afraid that Isaiah's body would immediately fall back to being comfortable on the vent and he would need to be in the hospital longer to get him back off of it. So, when he does go home, I will need to push his hernia back in once a day. The nurse and nurses would show me what to do so I would be comfortable. Talk about pressure. Once lil man was a little better off with his lungs would be when he'd probably have the surgery.

Isaiah was having a transfusion when I got there as he was looking pale and his hematacrit levels were like 26. The nurse told me that the last PICC line would be removed after the transfusion and another check of his levels. Once this was done, he could have his first bath. WooHoo. I am soooooo looking forward to that. No more lines in the hands, arms, legs or feet. Thank God for little miracles...I still remember when he had so many lines, you couldn't even see baby! Pretty soon it would be just his heart and Oxygen monitors and his nasal canula and (NG) feeding tube.
The two nursing sessions went well. He latches on really well and he's getting milk. The only thing is we're working on getting him stronger so he can eat longer than 3 minutes then passing out from exhaustion. At least I know he can do it! That's one hurdle down.

AM came up this afternoon to see Isaiah. She is so sweet. I got a couple of pix of her where she just couldn't stop staring at my baby. Just don't run off with him until I tell you to take him. Hehehe We had good conversation. She has also volunteered to help me get the boys' rooms together. I just hope I have time to do them both before we move in and Isaiah gets to come home. Time just doesn't seem to be on my side here. Oh well, we'll make do with whatever cards we are dealt, right? Here you go girlie!

One more day before mommie goes home. Yeah, I said it. Mommie, Mommie, Mommie! So what. Maybe I do sound like a little girl but I'm secure enough in my adulthood to do it. Besides, I haven't gotten a spanking since I was in Elementary and I haven't gotten smacked in the mouth since I was 21. I can revert when the time calls for it. I chose to let "Mommie" come and help me whenever she wanted and boy did I appreciate it. Plus I think when I call her that, she is more likely to give me what I want. HA! Sorry mom....had to put it out there. Hope your friends won't think you're a softy. Thanks....I love you!

I brought in Isaiah's bottles so they can use them when it's time to bottle. I also brought in some clothes for him to wear. I'm so excited. He looks so cute in his onesies. I need to get some things that also come with a hat. All the babies I've seen that are dressed have on hats. Plus, I think he will look really cute in one. I never really liked them before, but I like them now. Look at this little outfit. It is so cute. It reminds me of the outfit I got Micah when he was born. It had a truck, boat, car and airplane on it. I got it for his first picture and to come home in. We made it through the pictures, but right after that, he vomited all over it so we had to change him. Too funny!

Now, with all this stuff happening, I realized we don't have as long as we thought before Isaiah may be making his grand EXIT out of the NICU. Since he won't be having surgery before he leaves, that shaves 1 week off his stay time. So we could be looking at leaving around his original due date of Jan. 20 or later. That's also Inaguration Day. Would have been a historic day if he was born then, huh? Please keep the prayers coming as Isaiah still has a ways to go.

Sorry if this post seems so random and scattered. It's late and I think sleep is trying to catch up to me. So I'm going to meet it in the bedroom right now! Nite all