He is taking his feeds brilliantly in his bottle and being nice and settled in between meal times.
The doctors were supposed to be taking Freddie's chest drain and central line out today but there was a breakdown in communication due to a very hectic day in the children's ward and it has not been done. The doctor has apologised and said that it should be clamped first thing in the morning and then x ray'd with a view to removing it early afternoon. This would also mean that he can have his nasal canula removed and the annoying sticky plasters covering half of his face!
It can be very frustrating on the ward, especially on busy days. The staff there are very good and very friendly but today they were a bit low on numbers and it was very busy with new children coming onto the ward. Just before I left the hospital tonight I noticed Freddie's right leg was a bit swollen and when I looked at his foot I could see that the oxygen probe they had put on was wrapped around his little foot ridiculously tight. They are meant to swap the position its in regularly but it obviously had been overlooked and his poor little foot was bright red and swollen. I swapped it over and voiced my annoyance!
In typical baby fashion Freddie has been nice and settled today except for just when I was about to leave him! He decided to wake up and very quickly become angry that he wasn't being fed (only an hour and a half after his last feed). So I gave him a bottle, during which he decided to do the biggest, smelliest poo he's done in his life so far. So I changed his nappy (in his incubator which is an art in itself) and he decided to wee whilst his nappy was off all over his sheets and his baby gro. AGGGGHHH! Change of nappy, clothes, sheets later and after a bit more milk he was still wide awake but much happier!
Peekaboo everyone!
Milky drunk! That's a newborn size bib he's got on, its just about the size of him!
xxx
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