Results are back!

Hubby made a trip to NICU earlier and was told that the blood test and x-ray did not indicate any signs of infection so Reyes is fine. :P

So perhaps its just a case of too much gas in the tummy that caused him to regurgitate.

But they are still putting him on drip today and will only resume his EBM feed tomorrow. They had to monitor him closely as the drip is causing his blood sugar level to rise.

His weight dropped to 1140g today. Lets hope that everything will be ok and he can go back to his feeds soon.

Going home

I'll be discharging today but the thought of not being able to bring Reyes along dampens my mood. How I wish he is like the other babies in the nursery, waiting to go home cos they are all fit and healthy.

Tried establishing my milk supply and miserably the best I managed was a 2-3 ml per session. But I'm not gonna give up, this is probably the best gift I can give to Reyes and what he needs most at the moment.

Bro-in-law and wife came visiting at about 10, I showed her Reyes' pics and she shedded a few tears. I actually had to comfort her telling her everything is ok and he is progressing well, when I'm not entirely sure myself. I tried hard to fought back my tears too.

Some social workers came by and I gathered from the conversation that after NICU, Reyes will be transferred to Special Care Unit and the visiting hours will be more flexible then. He can probably only be discharged when he is 35 weeks weighing at least 2 kg.

Hubby arrived at about 11 am and I sinfully had carrot cake. haha, talking about confinement food. I dread the thought of it.
Went back to NICU to see Reyes again after all the discharge procedure has been completed.

He was off the CPAC and he has a crown full of black black hair. I was a little happy to see his progress. The attending nurse mentioned that they are starting him on the EBM (Expressed Breast Milk) and the supply I've given them is not quite enough. Bearing that in mind, Hubby and I went home straight after that for me to express enough milk to bring to Reyes in the evening.

I put my hands through the incubator doors and touched him, he was moving his little left hand around and he grabbed my finger!! The grip wasn't very tight but I'm glad for that moment of interaction we had there.

Seeing Reyes the 1st time

Hubby came to the hospital about 10 am today, he mentioned that the neonatal docs called him past midnight last night to ask if he is still around in the hospital as they have already settled Reyes. That made me kind of anxious to see him.


I was feeling fine even though I just delivered last night. We proceed to the the NICU at about 11 am, but only managed to speak to a nurse and not see my baby cos they are kinda strict with visiting hours. 12 noon to 2 pm and 6 to 8 pm are the visiting hours and only parents and grandparents are allowed.


So I went back to my ward, finished my lunch and went back to NICU again and this time I saw Reyes! He is small and boney as he has not plump up yet. We were taught how to sanitize our hands before opening the doors of the incubator to touch him.


Was told by the attending nurse that there was high level carbon dioxide in his body so an extra oxygen tube was administered to him the night before. But because he was getting better today, it was removed in the morning thus it left a bit of a abrasion redness on his nose.


Both maternal and paternal grandparents also had a chance to see him today. There was even a tiny episode of Regan throwing tantrums not being allowed to see his brother due to his age but that soon blew over.

These are some of his pics we took:

The blue and white tube going to his nose is called CPAC (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) - Oxygen (or air) is delivered under a small amount of pressure through prongs that fit into the nostrils. Delivering oxygen under pressure helps to keep the air sacs in the lung open.

There's also 2 tubes running into his umbilical code. After the umbilical cord is cut at birth, newborn babies have the short stump of the cord remaining. Because the umbilical cord stump is still connected to the baby's blood and circulatory system, a catherer (small flexible tube) can be inserted into one of the two arteries or the vein of the umbilical cord. After placement of the umbilical catheter, x-rays are taken to check the location in the baby's body.

The umbilical venous line is used to give the baby medication, glucose water and parenteral nutrition.
The umbilical arterial line is used for blood sampling and blood pressure monitoring.

*extracted from Parental Information on Important Procedures Carried Out in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Department of Neonatology, KK Hospital