DOL 8

Hello from South Shore Hospital NICU! Just thought I'd let everyone know how things were going. Today has been pretty good so far! I had a few good meals this morning, then dad stopped by. He is always asking questions...he's a stress-case. He didn't stay too long, but long enough to wake me up with all of his picture-taking! Now mom's here. She usually spends the day with me. I take naps on top of her. It's a nice change from being cooped up in that big plastic box all day.

When mom's here, I get to sleep without all those lights on me for once. They say that the lights are really helping my liver get rid of those broken blood cells, but I'll be glad to see them go...they're so bright that I have to have my eyes covered. The nurses tried to put little goggles on me. But I took them off. Then we tried a hat. But I took that off. Now they have a little head-band piece of material that they pull over my eyes. I like to pull that up too. In fact, I pretty much enjoy pulling anything foreign from/out/off/away from myself. It's a fun little game that the nurses and I play. They intubate, I extubate. They cover, I uncover. I like to keep them on their toes! I think mom and dad might infer from this that I may "give them a run for their money", whatever that means...

I've posted some pics of yours truly...the color photos are from today. The black and whites are from a week ago...but I thought they were good ones, so I'm postin' 'em anyway.

Well, since mom's here now, I think I'll put the keyboard away and snuggle with her. I have to get some quality mom time now, because once I'm a little bigger and stronger, I'll bet I get to spend a lot more time with all of you out there! I'm looking forward to it! Talk to you later...