Jonathan got his first bath yesterday - surprisingly, after 3 weeks without a bath, he didn't actually smell like he needed one, but the nurses did it anyway. We both missed his first encounter with water, but we're told he's not fond of a scrub and cried the whole way through.
Letting him stay dirty doesn't seem to be an option though, because today his stoma bag leaked twice (and I guess it's a good idea to have a wash after that). Attaching a stoma bag to a fidgety baby so it doesn't leak sounds difficult - Tracy tells me an attempt by the specialist stoma bag nurse failed, so they had to remove that bag and try again a few hours later... hopefully now he's leak free.
On a more positive note, he's been having a go at breastfeeding the last two days! Tracy says the first time he didn't appear too interested and he didn't really get what was going on, but he seems to have figured it out today and fed for about 5-10 minutes. A speech and language therapist who specialises in cardiac babies there to help out, and said he's got the breathing and sucking at the same time thing sorted out, but noticed he gets a little tired while doing all that, so suggested he has a breather every 10 seconds... looks like he'll be having long drawn out meals!
The cardiologist also took him off the diuretic that helps keep his oxygen saturation up, mainly because he's been quite stable, and they'd prefer him to be on fewer medications if possible. He seems to be doing ok without it so far!
He also had another brain scan today, and the ultrasound gel combined with yesterday's bath left him with a spikey hairdo. No results of the scan yet, but we think the new hairstyle suits him. Oh, and he's also graduated to a non-heated cot because he's able to keep himself warm with the help of a few blankets.
Letting him stay dirty doesn't seem to be an option though, because today his stoma bag leaked twice (and I guess it's a good idea to have a wash after that). Attaching a stoma bag to a fidgety baby so it doesn't leak sounds difficult - Tracy tells me an attempt by the specialist stoma bag nurse failed, so they had to remove that bag and try again a few hours later... hopefully now he's leak free.
On a more positive note, he's been having a go at breastfeeding the last two days! Tracy says the first time he didn't appear too interested and he didn't really get what was going on, but he seems to have figured it out today and fed for about 5-10 minutes. A speech and language therapist who specialises in cardiac babies there to help out, and said he's got the breathing and sucking at the same time thing sorted out, but noticed he gets a little tired while doing all that, so suggested he has a breather every 10 seconds... looks like he'll be having long drawn out meals!
The cardiologist also took him off the diuretic that helps keep his oxygen saturation up, mainly because he's been quite stable, and they'd prefer him to be on fewer medications if possible. He seems to be doing ok without it so far!
He also had another brain scan today, and the ultrasound gel combined with yesterday's bath left him with a spikey hairdo. No results of the scan yet, but we think the new hairstyle suits him. Oh, and he's also graduated to a non-heated cot because he's able to keep himself warm with the help of a few blankets.
3 comments:
another stand up Hing hairstyle
Can we get a pic of Hing senior to compare haircuts? you are not afraid of your fanbase I hope...
Tony
trust me, no baby likes their first bath... or their first ten or twenty baths...!! zahra peed in her first one, so i doubt she came out cleaner than we started. love the new hairstyle xx viv
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