September 8, 2008 morning

Brandon gained 40 grams yesterday. He is now just over 4 pounds 9 ounces. He seemed a little stressed out yesterday afternoon about everything that has been going on here but seems much more relaxed now. It was very loud in his section yesterday and I don't think that he liked that. He is now relaxing in his isolette and they did put a cover over it like he had at Monmouth (this was after the nurse yesterday in the day told me that they do not cover isolettes at 35 weeks corrected like he is now). It amazes me how much the nurses here contradict eachother. I had been asking for days for a bulb syringe so that I could suction his nose with it and kept being told they don't have them here and that they don't suction with them. Yesterday's nurse said they do have them and got us one. It seems that way with a lot of things. Some nurses say they don't do it, others say they do. Brandon's platelet count is still down. It is close to needing a platelet transfusion so we will see what the doctors say during rounds. It has been low ever since he had his virus last weekend. His white blood cell count is a little elevated too but we just talked to his nurse and she said he looks great and is very active so she does not think he has an infection.

Stu and I got a room at the Ronald McDonald House last night. We will have it the whole time Brandon is here. It is actually very nice. Our room looks just like a hotel room. Plus there is dinner every night if we want it and tons of food that we can cook for ourselves. There are computers to use and tons of other things. And the cost is only $15 a night.