He had a PICC line for IV's, an Art line (for blood transfusions), a peripheral vein catheter for draws (to check his phosphorous and RBC/platelet levels), and a respirator tube (later followed by the CPAP mask for a while).
There was a bunch of bags, pumps, and ventilation equipment that went along with all of this.
Each piece of equipment would beep at various times as an IV infusion would complete, and then the isolette humidifier ran low on water, and then the TPN line was occluded, and then the CPAP humidifier needed water, and then the milk infusion would be done, and so on and so on...
Things have gotten a lot simpler in the past week, and correspondingly the beeps and alarms have mostly gone away.
The room is now mostly "empty" now, and it's made it easier to transfer Jac onto mommy for plenty of Kangaroo sessions.
I'm looking forward to the day when all that he has attached to him is his diaper. Very soon...
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