Finally, as of today, Noah is officially plug, battery, monitor, and oxygen tank free!!!! This is a huge relief. Not only was it sad to have him hooked up to so many different things at various times, it was also really annoying. For a while there, it was a two person job just transporting him from one room of the house to the other. Those days are fortunately over. He's all better and we are so thankful and relieved.
Just to give you an idea of what it's been like, I thought I would include a timeline of pictures (sort of) so you can see the various stages of Noah's plugged-in-edness (Webster's Dictionary defines that word as the state of being plugged into or attached to something).
Some pictures may contain sad content; viewer discretion is advised.
Here's Noah right after he was born. Can you see how blue his hands and feet are?
Here's Noah all loaded up on a special stretcher to be transported to UVRMC. It took 1 1/2 hours to get him all hooked up. The ambulance he rode in was part of the Life Flight system. He got a cool T-shirt that says Life Flight on it. I think it would have been a little cool if he would have been able to ride in the helicopter instead, but I'm glad he didn't need to.
This is Noah in his bed the NICU. There were soooo many cords and tubes. Everything got tangled anytime they moved him.
His face swelled up because of the thing on his nose. It made him look like a little piggy.
As soon as he started to get better, Noah was disconnected from all that stuff very quickly and moved to the B side of the NICU. It's where more stable patients stay until they are ready to go home.
We had to stay over night before he could leave so that we could practice using all the monitors and stuff, just in case we had any question or if anything went wrong.
That's Noah with his grandma right before we left the hospital. See all the cords? We were hoping to leave them all behind, but we had to take a few with us.
This is the heart and lung monitor. It is REALLY loud. Fortunately, Noah only set it off 2 or 3 times the whole time we had it.
The thing on his ankle is not a house arrest anklet. It's the oxygen monitor for the sleep study he had to do before he was given the okay to be off the oxygen and heart/breathing monitor.
This is Noah, free from any tube or plug. It's only been half a day, but already, it's been great!
4 comments:
Yay Noah! You are right, some of those pictures made me want to cry! I am glad he is all better.
I am so thrilled for you guys! We are excited to meet Noah and for you guys to meet Isabelle :)
That's so great! I guess it means I have to come visit in the next day or two so I can hold him without worrying about setting something off or getting all tangled up. It's tough being the favorite aunt...
Happy times! I'm so glad things are better for you, and especially Noah. He did make a cute little piggie baby, but he's even cuter now, hosefree...how much longer do you get to stay in your place. I hope for a good while stil.
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