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Day 187 - Withdrawal

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Monday, July 5th, 2021 At 5am smiling in his sleep. 3:30am: A random RN practiced doing a heel stick on James. Blood was everywhere. She tried three different sticks and then ended up going into the hall and asking an RT how to do it. And he let her know she needed to take the cap off the stick. 🤯 The whole time she's just telling James, "you're fine" as he is crying and screaming. 😢 She never apologized. Mom asked why an RT wasn't doing this and she said they were all busy.  It was awful to watch. 4:30am: X-ray is here! WTF 😒 James is supposed to be sleep at night. The RN sent them away to come back later during Day shift. Today was a slew of tests and people! X-ray of wrist to follow up on rickets Echo for the heart for pulmonary hypertension Bedside Report with Doctor and Team - discussed concerns with overmedicating, failed home vent trial, previous Doctors order from the NICU, and possible length of stay (which sounds like we could be here for another 6 mo...