The weekend was great. I was able to pump milk into several bottles for Aj. Eventually he will be eating and I want to make sure it was coming from me. Not only that, I wanted to feel apart of him some how some way. It was hard knowing that others were being the first ones to do things for him. The nurse also asked me to change his diaper (4/19/2009) I was hesitant at first because he is so small. But I did it and I felt like a proud mom. He is so soft, fragile and beautiful. They had to change his settings for his incubator to reverse isolation because his white blood count was high. This required the doctors to wear gloves and a "jacket" before they touched him. Aj was breathing on his own through an oxygen mask for about a day in a half. The doctors put him back on the ventilator on Sunday because he was forgetting to breath. Which is common in babies his age. His complexion was getting better due to the light for the jaundice and the blood transfusion. He was covered in blond hair all over except his hair on his head. He had a few alarms over the weekend, but mainly when the doctors were suctioning him, because right now he is too young to know how to swallow.
Monday 4/20/2009 was discharge day. I was actually happy that I was going home. I hadn't taken a real shower in days, I wanted to sleep in my own bed and I did miss my dog Scrappy Doo! I relaxed the whole day until about 4:00pm when Anthony and I went back to see Aj. He was doing very well. Our visit consisted of him not having any alarms, which is a blessing. Anthony has been on edge and I'm glad he was able to get some type of relief. God is good!!!
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