A Day in the Life at the NICU...

I've been wanting to do a "Day in the Life at the NICU" post for a while now just to give you a glimpse of what our days are like.  I'm sure somewhere down the road, we'll forget the daily details of our life as it is now, so this will help us remember just that.

We're staying in Hawaii Kai with Aunty Alison at her beautiful condo at Mount Terrace.

She has sweeping ocean views from every room in her condo and it's absolutely breathtaking!  There's Koko Head on the left!

If it's a weekend, Aunty Al is home and cooks us a deluxe breakfast!

The view from across the street from Aunty's condo, where we park the car!

And we're off!

We take the H-1 all the way to Moanalua.  The traffic is always going the opposite direction, so it usually takes us a quick 25-35 minutes.  Here's our cutoff!

We park and then walk into the newly renovated Kaiser Moanalua Hospital:

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is located on the sixth floor.  Here, we have to buzz in and the nurses can see us from their video monitor:

Then, we have to scrub in.  This is to ensure you don't get any outside germies and we keep our baby healthy and safe!  We grab a scrubber and scrub for two minutes from elbow to hand.

Then we come in and see you!  The first thing we do is check your care board!  Mommy has taken a picture of your board every single day.  I also fill out your NICU Journal with your daily stats - weight, growth, nurses, etc.

You have "Hands On" time every three hours - 12, 3, 6, and 9am/pm.  During that time, we change your diaper and weigh it, take your temperature, measure your belly, take a blood pressure, and rotate your Ox lead to your other foot.

Then we get you fed!  

Another thing we do is Pump!  We pump around the clock to keep my milk supply up for you.  Once we bring you home, I'll still have to pump, but just not as much!  We have over 500oz of frozen milk for you... maybe even more!  I swear it must be the Kyani lol!

Then we go and eat lunch down at the Sunrise Cafe (aka the Hospital Cafeteria) located on the second floor. Aunty Al packs us a home lunch or snack bag every single day, so Daddy and I eat it downstairs.