Even as I write this Daddy is doing Kangaroo care. This means that he has Jac against his chest, skin to skin, to keep Jac nice and warm. Jac is also covered with a blanket and Daddy has his hand covering him.
Kangaroo care can be a little tough to accomplish with all of the paraphanelia that Jac has attached to him. To get him out of his isolette you have to bring all of his cords with him and get them all settled again once you have moved him. Also, becuase Jac is so small he has no ability to support himself so it is up to us to support all of him in the correct position as we move him.
The other challenge is that now that Jac is in the main NICU ward he is in a much noisier environment. There is research showing that preemies are greatly benefited by being in a very quiet, very dark environment and this is not being accomplished right now. This is definitely causing me some stress and I continue to hope that he will make it back to being in a private room. Fortunately, when we get him back to the Boulder Community Hospital (BCH) he will be in a private, very quiet room - attached to a room and that Joseph and I can stay in. The rooms at BCH are like hotel rooms.
We also had a little problem with the outlet line from Jac's CPAP - it had at least 2 holes in it! I was able to find both of them and we got some good tape and closed them. The respiratory therapist will change his line out later tonight for a good one.
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