Gus Duty
The big difference between the pediatric ward and the neonatal ICU is that the pediatric ward is quite a bit less hands-off. In fact, someone has to be there the whole time. It’s like being at home, only you have less room and people come in at random hours and wake up your sleeping baby.Well, Sherry has had Gus duty for the first few days, but she had to pop into the office today, so it was my turn. So, this morning I dropped off Charlie with the babysitter and dismissed Sherry around 8 a.m.. I watched over the baby and Charlie and Sherry came back at 4:30, and the boys went home for dinner. Anyway, since I’m such a fan of the <ul> tag, here are some bullet-listed observations:
- Even though I didn’t really seem to be doing much of anything, I was exhausted the day. How is it staying in a room watching a baby can take so much out of you?
- I had in mind getting a bit of work done today. Well, I did get some work done, but Gus eats every 3 hours, and often gets upset by the end of meal time. And sometimes he’s uncomfortable. And sometimes he just wants attention. So with all that, work happens in 15 minute bursts every couple hours.
- We got pathology back. Good news and bad news. The good news: apparently the baby doesn’t have any bacteria growing in his belly. The bad news: we still don’t know what it is. It’s possible the baby is having problems digesting Mom’s milk. Man, I hope that’s not the case…
- Since I couldn’t leave, my parents brought me lunch today. That was really nice.
- When Sherry brought Charlie to see Gus, Gus was so happy to see him, he had the biggest smile I’ve ever seen. And Gus laughed! For the first time ever. Gus loves Charlie more than anyone else, which is probably how it should be.
