Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Catching up
Ok, I am sadly behind on posting here, as Rhys is 1 month old today!! We've been getting along without Nana's help for 2 weeks now, and doing just fine. Well, Rhys is doing great...mom is recovering from a staph infection where the incision opened up AND another UTI. The fun never ends. Going to get checked out by the doctor this afternoon to make sure all the yucky bacteria are gone for good. And I'm finally, finally going to post some new pics right now!
Friday, January 18, 2008
Two Weeks!
Amazingly, tomorrow marks two weeks since Rhys' birth! Holy cow, the time flies. Today we had his two week check up, and he now weighs 8 lbs, 9 oz. He's gained about 3/4 lb. since last Friday, when he weighed 7 lbs. 12 oz. He's doing great on the formula, and has even slept thru the night on several occassions, so we're hoping that's a trend that will continue! Will post more pics soon, I promise!
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Pictures!
Some Pictures of Rhys:
Here he is smiling like a Capreol in his sleep.
Not sure of the world yet
More Sleep
Here he is smiling like a Capreol in his sleep.
Home Sweet Home!
Hard to believe it's been a week already! We had a rough start, but are getting into the groove of things now. Rhys is a wonderful baby...very calm & sleeps like a champ! The breast feeding thing didn't go quite as planned. He had some latching issues, and then I ended up with a wonderful UTI and can't breast feed on the meds anyway, so we've switched to formula. I will post a couple more pics of the little man!
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Our experience here at Winnie Palmer Hospital keeps getting better.
Our last night here and the new night shift tech comes in and informs us that we can not have Rhys in the room with out the harsh fluorescent lights on. The nurse then informs us that this is hospital policy and it must be enforced.
This is a policy that apparently the other nurses and DOCTORS decided was not necessary to enforce. We have been here with Rhys for two other nights. We were checked on by both nurses, techs and doctors and none of them had anything to say about the lighting conditions of the room. We are able to get him to sleep when the lights are dim (We keep the hall lights on. That is not good enough.) Now we can't get him to sleep in the harsh light. He blinks and fusses unless we shield his eyes from the light somehow.
So far the experience here as been exemplary! Poorly executed pain management and crappy attitudes from some of the nurses really brings to light the effectiveness here. (Please note that the nurses on duty over the weekend and their techs were very helpful and personable. They were also very apologetic when then epidural gaff came to light.)
If we had ANY idea that this would occur we would have left yesterday. I can get Heather pain meds on time and she can get to the bathroom fine at home.
We were trying to avoid the difficulties of travel for someone who has had major surgery following a difficult and unsuccessful labor.
A simple and effective solution to the new policy would be to supply a plug in light that would effectively illuminate the babies face with out being harsh or too bright. The idea is sound. The execution is so horrible as to be laughable. I would find it amusing if I weren't forced to suffer through the unprofessional and inconsistent enforcement of policy that this hospital has shown.
Needless to say we will not be back. I will be submitting a similar tirade to the papers here in the form of an editorial. If you can instate a policy that completely disregards the comfort of your patients when a simple solution to the problem exists and fulfills the requirements of the policy I wonder why others aren’t totally outraged.
This is a policy that apparently the other nurses and DOCTORS decided was not necessary to enforce. We have been here with Rhys for two other nights. We were checked on by both nurses, techs and doctors and none of them had anything to say about the lighting conditions of the room. We are able to get him to sleep when the lights are dim (We keep the hall lights on. That is not good enough.) Now we can't get him to sleep in the harsh light. He blinks and fusses unless we shield his eyes from the light somehow.
So far the experience here as been exemplary! Poorly executed pain management and crappy attitudes from some of the nurses really brings to light the effectiveness here. (Please note that the nurses on duty over the weekend and their techs were very helpful and personable. They were also very apologetic when then epidural gaff came to light.)
If we had ANY idea that this would occur we would have left yesterday. I can get Heather pain meds on time and she can get to the bathroom fine at home.
We were trying to avoid the difficulties of travel for someone who has had major surgery following a difficult and unsuccessful labor.
A simple and effective solution to the new policy would be to supply a plug in light that would effectively illuminate the babies face with out being harsh or too bright. The idea is sound. The execution is so horrible as to be laughable. I would find it amusing if I weren't forced to suffer through the unprofessional and inconsistent enforcement of policy that this hospital has shown.
Needless to say we will not be back. I will be submitting a similar tirade to the papers here in the form of an editorial. If you can instate a policy that completely disregards the comfort of your patients when a simple solution to the problem exists and fulfills the requirements of the policy I wonder why others aren’t totally outraged.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Some more pictures
After a shower Heather is feeling much better.
We had some "fun" last night. She had the epidural still in after the delivery attempt and the following c-section. It was simple to deliver pain medication through the same epidural. Unfortunately the adapter that went from the medicine pump to the catheter broke. It took almost six hours to completely diagnose the problem by which point Heather was in considerable pain. The hospital decided to take epidural out (it was broken so go figure) and the IV and go with oral pain medication.
Over all not having to rely on machines has been much more effective.
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