Author Archives: mamawillloveyouforever
Superparent terror
Shortly after my last post, I tried to get some shut eye. And as every baby does, Marshall fussed shortly after my head hit the pillow. His dad was on duty and scooped him up. Nothing comforted him. So his fuss turned to wails. The wails turned to cries. Then things got crazy. I got […]
Full house
The CICU was full (as of last night.) From what I’m seeing and what nurses have told me, the step down is full. All of this and I wonder if every patient here feels like Marshall does. It seems Marshall hates medical apparatus. I won’t share the horrors of the ventilator experience. Yesterday Marshall yanked […]
Happy 2 Week Birthday, Marshall
Today has been rough for our little man. He stepped down to the chaos of 8 East. He has a pic line, a pair of leads, and a small chest drain. He gained I.V. fluids and is again N.P.O. His team discovered some air in his abdomen. Dr. Baird, Dr. Luis, Dr. Friedman, Dr. C, […]
We sourced yesterday’s grumpies
I noticed Marshall’s chest drain was full of gunk yesterday while he was with THAT nurse. THAT nurse is the one who made him cey EVERY SINGLE TIME she touched him. The good news is most hospitals are full of THAT nurse and you are lucky to get a good one. Not here. This place […]
I held Marshall
Soooooo much my shoulder hurts. And 3 more wild boys will be here in 48 hours. Today was a good day.
TOMORROW
Nurse practitioner just stopped. Marshall graduates from the CICU to the floor ( step down) TOMORROW! !!
Road. Block.
Marshall’s chest drain is leaking some scary stuff. It will be a couple of hours until we know for sure what it is. Lets hope my gut is wrong. Send big, good thoughts to our boy & pray harder please And in the meantime, I’m just going to sit here and hold him.
Greetings from Mr. Grumbles
Dr Luis was here when we arrived this a.m. Marshall’s progress has been great. Though his mood isn’t so much. He is just a grumbling grumbler today. Considering all he has been through in the past week, (I CAN’T BELIEVE IT HAS BEEN A WEEK SINCE HIS SURGERY!!) this little man can be as grumpy […]
He ate!!!!
It took three adults but Marshall took in 15 ml by mouth tonight!! Annnnd that is 2 ml more than his hourly feeds by NG tube last night! His nurse (a sweet, charismatic young woman) told us to get our rest because from tomorrow on, we are on full time duty as parents!
