Day 173 - Surgery Day: Hernia, Circ, & G-tube
Monday, June 21st, 2021 Normally we would weight and do measurements on Monday morning but all of that was done on Sunday due to the surgery being scheduled for 11am. Below are the new numbers: Weight: 5950 grams (13lb 1oz) Head Circumference: 15.84 inches Length: 21.06 inches 5:45am UPDATE: The morning started off at 2am with trying to get an IV with no success. We tried for 3 straight hours. Eight tries between 4 folks who tried on the hands, wrists, feet, scalp, and arms. 😢 This is even with a PRN morphine dose. Mom held his pacifier while he wrapped his little hand around her finger. Sometimes we had 3 people holding him down, sometimes only 2. Two is not enough; Mom thought we already learned this lesson the last several times! Now we are waiting on the PICU PICC team to get here at 7am so that the NICU PICC team can borrow their ultrasound machine. James' feed stopped at 3am, so they wanted to get his IV in at 3am to start TPN and lipids. However since he is "older...