session with the prof!

22 Sep

after a month of not seeing minzy, we finally got a call that allowed us a visit. the nurse mentioned that minzy has been hospitalised for a pretty long time and they figured we would want to see her. so in the name of meeting the prof for a short update, they told us that we will be able to visit her as well. yay!!!

we went around 11am to see the prof and had a short debrief.

things seem to be going well - minzy was growing well, albeit on the short side at 40cm. other babies her age was around 50cm, so i guess she's gonna be short and cute little girl later on. she was 2.64kg and they were planning to have her surgery the following week, if all vitals goes well. the mri scan did show bleeding in her brain and some destroyed areas, but as usual, what it will affect - no one will know. however, the prof says that the area of bleed was considered small for a grade 4 bleed, and till now she doesn't seem to be displaying any obvious defect. hopefully, she will have a normal life... also, depending on her recovery from surgery, she could be discharged in about a month. minzy... fighting!!

when i went in, it seems that that day was a day for most of the parents to visit. there was also no time limitation. i was inside for almost an hour heheh.

here's minzy grabbing my finger to sleep.

she was irritated most of the time when she's awake but it seems that i managed to calm her down with a little bit of playing.

she even smiled at the end!

of cos that didn't last very long. she soon started kicking up a big fuss and the nurse says that she was hungry.

i brought fridged milk this time since she didn't like frozen milk, to see if it made any difference. however, she kept choking on her milk. i wonder if it's because breastmilk is always sticky...? poor little baby choked at least 5-6 times when she was drinking, and she couldn't even finish 10ml T_T. the rest had to go in by tube. 

i guess she saved me the trouble of visiting the hospital every 3 days to bring in fresh milk. but i wonder how i was gonna feed her my frozen milk when she comes home...!!! the nurse says that i could use a tube... but seeing how those tubes are tearing her nostrils apart, i doubt i'd wanna do that. guess i will have to slowly stop pumping...

after watching her finish her milk, i went out for nampyeon to take over. nampyeon got some interesting takes while he was there.

for some reason, her hands were out again. i thought they were inside when she finished her milk but seems that her struggling achieved results... usually she'd struggle and get frustrated when her hands are out.

i was watching this and my hp stopped streaming at the point when she opened her eyes very briefly, and she looked like she wanted a hug. but actually it's just a passing moment of her flailing her arms... still she looks very cute XDD

while flailing her free arms, she managed to pluck out her respirator tubes...

nampyeon called for the nurse, who swaddled her to prevent her from plucking out the tubes again. and almost immediately... she fell asleep. ^_^|||

guess we'll only get to see you next week! that will be the final phase for minzy, hopefully!