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NICU Day 3
The nurses describe Ellis as a “pistol.” This seems to refer to his determination and natural talent for skills like eating, as well as his mischief in trying to pull out all of his tubes and wires....
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NICU Primer
Based on some questions from family members, it seems that we should explain a bit about the NICU process for those who are fortunate enough not to have experienced a NICU firsthand. Obviously,...
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CCN Day 9
Today started with some grown-up excitement. As hard as it was to tear ourselves away, we had gone home for a day to check on Ori, regroup, and start preparing the house for the babies’ homecoming. Out...
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CCN Day 11
Today’s big change is that both babies have graduated from isolettes to open cribs. One of the big challenges of this level of prematurity seems to have been conquered! They have both been regulating...
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Kangaroos
Homer and Bart Simpson, on kangaroos: Bart: Hey, we can escape in their pouches!… Eww, it’s not like in cartoons. Homer: Yeah, there’s a lot more mucus. For those who have wanted more posts about...
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Prematurity: Cartilage
In most ways Ellis and Thalia avoided the symptoms of prematurity. Some were unavoidable, because some aspects of prenatal development just haven’t happened yet when babies are born before 34 weeks....
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Prematurity: Cartilage Part 2
Continuity fan (and our buddy) Dave M. has requested a current photo of Thalia’s cartilage-filled ear to compare to the photos of her cartilage-free ear at 34.5 weeks gestation. Here’s her ear now, at...
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Quarterly Report: Y1Q1 Growth
In the spirit of Jonah’s stock market background and in honor of the babies’ 3 month birthday, we present the Quarterly Report for Year 1 Quarter 1, in several installments. Report findings are...
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Gestationally Corrected Age
Several times on the blog we’ve mentioned Chronological Age or Gestationally Corrected Age (a.k.a. Adjusted Age). Time to explain. Since the babies were born premature, counting their age based on...
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Strabismic Amblyopia
As infants, Ellis and Thalia visited the optometrist and got a clean bill of eye health. More recently, though, Ellis has developed an eye drift. He was referred to an ophthalmologist who diagnosed him...
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