After staying with Lucas the past few nights, I'm starting to lose my patience. I want to bring him home now. I love the NICU and the staff that have cared so well for him the past seven weeks...but now I want to take care of him here at home like normal parents get to.
But I have to be patient. Luke did not do well with feeding last night and today. When we left him this afternoon, he was drinking only a third of his bottle and his oxygen saturation was inconsistent. He was probably tired since they had increased his bottle feedings to every meal (46cc's (1-1/2oz) every 3 hours), but it's frustrating. I want the little guy to do well, but then he loses interest after 10 minutes and stops eating. I don't know if something's wrong with him, if he's tired, bored, or lazy...there's about a thousand thoughts running through my mind when he doesn't do well. I hope that I'm not coming across as being selfish, I don't intend to be, but perhaps I am a little bit. I just want life to be normal again (as normal as it can be for a family with a 5-year old and a newborn).
Please pray that Lukes stamina increases so he can drink all of his milk and hold his oxygen steady. Please pray this so that he can come home to our family soon. But ultimately, please pray that he stays healthy - even if has to stay in the NICU for a long time - I can wait.
I love you Lucas,
Colin
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A song to sing for Lucas -
"What Child is This"
What child is this, who laid to rest,
On Wendy's lap is sleeping?
Whom aunties greet, with care so sweet,
While families watch are keeping.
Chorus
This, this is Luke the king,
Whom doctors guard and nurses sing.
Haste, haste to bring him home,
The babe, the son of Wendy.
So bring him milk and weight and breath;
Come Colin, Jake to hold him.
The babe of babe our prayers he brings;
Let loving hearts surround him.
I've been singing this song all afternoon as a prayer to our little guy.
God bless the quartet,
Don Tomas
Understandable that you would want to bring him home. It will happen soon. Praying.
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