Collin had a big day today! Not only did he see his Grandma V on her birthday; he has recovered so well from his surgery on Friday that his surgeon was able to place a broviac catheter on his right chest. This will be the site of the intravenous feed for him. Eventually he will receive nutrition through both the broviac catheter and a tube in his stomach. The goal is for him to reach a point where ALL of his nutrition is coming in through the food tube, not the broviac catheter. (He has been receiving the TPN through a temporary i.v. since Saturday.)
He sleeps alot, as all premature babies do, and he reacts alot, too. Today, while he was being changed, he started to fuss. You can't hear it because he has a ventilator tube in his throat, but he makes the facial expressions that ensure you know exactly how he feels. His mom "held him" (which is, she cupped her left hand over the top of his head and the right hand down around his feet) and he stopped fussing right away! As a preemie, his skin is extremely sensitive to touch, so we don't rub him or tickle him in anyway. To nourish his skin, which is tight right now because of all the fluids he is receiving through his i.v.s, Mom dabs an all natural lotion on his legs. Every little thing we can do to keep our Collin comfortable is a comfort to us.
His parents and grandparents read to him softly; they don't want to wake him, but they do want him to hear the lulling hum of loving voices over the din of crying babies and whirring machines. Tonight Grandpa N took a picture of Grandma N with our beautiful boy...you won't be able to see it, but tiny Collin is squeezing her finger.
8 comments:
Beautiful pictures! Great news today - how wonderful - I know it must be some relief to see how well he is doing. God bless.
Marsha and family
Awww! Grandma Lora is so pretty, even after hours and hours of worry over her grandbaby boy! And what a great lookin boy he is too! He's got such great parents, grand parents, and great grand parents... what a lucky kid.
Keep improving and fighting Collin, we're all praying for you and sending you and your whole family our love!!
Tammy P.
What a beautiful baby collin is! I'm glad to hear he's doing better today.
God Bless your little lamb. Our prayers are with Collin and your family, Lora, as you deal with the road ahead.
March 13, 2007 6:58 AM
A Blog! Fantastic!
Great pics and thanks for the updates. Continued prayers for ALL of you. Collin, what a sweet baby boy and such a trooper!
I know this must be exhausting in so many ways, please remind each other to take care of yourselves while taking care of your beautiful boy. :)
What great photos. And that he's interacting in that way with the squeezing of the finger. A very good sign! As someone else said privately, you can see the love emanating out of Grandma N's very being toward Collin...and nice lipstick too! (ok I stole that).
But you can see all the love surrounding this baby from everyone in the photos and I know he's receiving it.
Hugs all around....Aunt Katie.
I see that Grandma N put up Grandpa N's picture with baby Collin. He doesn't get the nice lighting (or the nice shade of lipstick ;-)) but he's handsome anyway. It still amazes me how lovely you look, Grandma! (And I so can't get used to calling you "Grandma" since you're 10 years younger than me.)
Uh, yeah, I cheated and posted a picture I took of Grandpa N on Saturday.
Dear Erin, Matt, and Little Collin,
I finally figured out that I need to be "anonymous" to make this work. I have watched with wonder the progress little Collin is making. You are in our prayers. It has to be difficult to leave the little guy in the hospital, but remember that he is getting good care and will continue to get better and better. God bless you all.
Sue Lang
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