11th March 2009

Okay well I am now a walking zombie after Antz and I spent a very tiring night at the hospital. The plan was to stay with her in our room but she wasn't stable enough for that to happen. So we just had to be there for every feed. We were still up at 1am so we both did that feed and by the time we went to bed it was nearly 3am. I got up just before 5am to do that feed and went to bed about 6.30am. Antz got up just before 9am to do her feed and I slept until 10am. It takes a good couple of hours to feed her because first she attempts her bottle and then whatever she doesn't drink is put through a feeding pump which goes down the tube in her nose. Then she has to be upright for a while after her feed because she has severe reflux. Her tummy gets so sore and she is constantly straining. I feel so sorry for her because there is nothing really that we can do. She is having medication for it so that does help a little bit.
I must admit the nurses on night duty are absolutely bonkers!!!!! Hahahaha just joking girls. You have to find some way of staying awake, so they just do what they have to.
It seemed really weird being there during the night and I think Trinity was confused as well.
We learnt the safe sleeping techniques and how to do CPR on a baby today. Fingers crossed we never have to use it.
A young girl that had left the hospital a couple of months ago was there yesterday, her boy had come back for his hernia operation. It was good to see them, he has grown so much and she is doing really well. She is an excellent mother.
That's all for now I am too tired to think of anything else to say.