I was carried to bed after my last post by a flock of tender bluebirds and fell asleep thinking of my daughter’s ears. At 4:30 am I got up for my nightly One Man Band routine, in which I double pump, eat two saltines, drink a glass of milk, check my email, and call the […]
This morning we were roused by a phone call from the NICU—there had been a cancellation, and they were moving Simone’s surgery up to, like, NOW. How soon could we get to the hospital?
“How does a baby cancel surgery anyway?” grumbled my husband as he stumbled into his clothes.
We arrived just in time to […]
This afternoon Simone will be having surgery to close her PDA, an errantly open blood vessel between the aorta and pulmonary artery. This surgery is being touted as The Thing That Will Make Her All Better, and in theory it sounds like an excellent idea. This open vessel is dropping her diastolic pressure and filling […]
I had planned to finish the post I fell asleep writing last night, a post about pumping, but Simone had a bad day today, and I just don’t have the energy to hold forth on the subject of nipples. Everyone tells you that the NICU is a rollercoaster, that there will be highs and lows. […]
I am home. I was discharged today, sent off to wend my way through new motherhood with only my native wits, 30 Percoset, and a rented breastpump (the Medela “Howling Vortex,” in case you were wondering). I had a bit of a breakdown as Scott wheeled me away from the NICU. It feels unspeakably wrong […]
This is Schnozz here, filling in for Alexa to announce the birth of …
Simone Lee and Ames Michel
Alexa and Scott are spending some time with Ames right now, so that they can say good-bye.
As for Simone Lee, she’s busy kicking ass with her teeny baby feet. She’s doing well, relatively speaking; her breathing is […]
Things are going well, but for some reason I have been afraid to post and say so. I do realize how ridiculous this sounds, but it seems as if every time I write an entry saying that all is well, some fresh hell descends upon me. I am not a particularly superstitious person under normal […]
