4 months old!

Can you believe it!

Second Appearance!

I was in the paper :D

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Skype

We skyped with my granny and grampa in England.  Bronwyn Gerretsen from the Newspaper came to see me at home and take some pics for tomorrow's paper :) 

Nice to meet you

Today my aunty Tarryn-Kim and Uncle Justin arrived from England!  I got to meet them for the first time :)

1st Check Up

We went to Dr Egner for a check up. He is happy with Everything...I weigh 2,12kg now...

Closer To Nature...

I drank out of my Tommee Tippee bottles today!!

BIG Bib!

Newborn Dummy

I sucked an Avent 0 - 3 months dummy for the first time today :) I also drank out of an Avent bottle for the first time - up to now I have been drinking out of a NUK bottle with a smaller teat...

XOXO

I had my first real bath at home in a bowl!!...I'm so happy to be with my mommy and daddy...I have been getting lots of cuddles :)

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Home Sweet Home

My granny came to visit me again today. Aunty Olivia and my cousin Mikayla came to visit me too...aunty Olivia held me for the first time and it was Mikayla's first time seeing me...mommy just gave me a bed bath today...

Aunty Olivia's first time holding me

This Time It's For Real...

108 days old! Dr Egner said I can go home today! Daddy fetched me and mommy and we left at 12h55...we had a nice trip home, it was a nice cool day...we got home at 13h25 and settled down...I have a Respisense Ditto monitor that goes on my nappy and an Angel Care monitor for in my crib...my granny came to see me at home and hold me for the first time :) and later my granddad came to hold me for the first time too :) and uncle John came to meet me for the first time too...my first feed at home went well :) I am getting 0,8ml of Caffeine per day so long while I am at home...that is the only medicine I have to take other than my vitamins (D drops, Vi-daylin drops and Ferro drops L) I had a good day and a good sleep in my OWN bed at HOME!!!

My Last feed at Parklands Hospital

In my own crib!

In my own crib!

My granddad holding me for the first time

One More Sleep!

Dr Egner decided to keep me here today, but if I have a good day and night I can possibly go home tomorrow! I had a great day :) The physiotherapist got some more stuff out of me today...

Maybe?

I am still a bit snotty, but doing much better! Dr Egner said maybe I can go home tomorrow...I had physio twice today, she got a lot of stuff out again...

Headliner

When mommy and daddy arrived this morning I was already off the oxygen...I was on the front page of the mercury newspaper!!! I was mentioned on the SABC 3 news as well this morning when they were discussing newspaper headlines. Neville Pillay from East Coast Radio was also talking about me this morning!! And he posted something about me on his blog...I weigh 1,92kg today...Dr Egner said I could have one bottle and one breast feed today and that I can go into an open crib...I had physiotherapy today...the therapist said my chest is very congested, she got a lot of thick stuff out of me...tonight I am feeling a bit better but my nose is blocked which is making it a bit hard for me to breathe...daddy gave me a bottle...mommy has picked up a cold too now so she doesn't want to come too close to me...Billy Corgan put the following message on his twitter as well as the Smashing Pumpkins one - "Sending love to the Laydens" - how awesome is that?! The staff all refer to me as "the Celebrity" :)

PDF of Front page of the Mercury Newspaper 08/02/2011

Let's Go!

I am going home today! I am 104 days old!! I didn't have much of an appetite...I didn't really suck when I was breast fed and I wasn't very interested in the bottle either...I was a bit pale too...mommy said I seemed a bit weak and not myself, I went limp a few times...mommy and daddy thought maybe it was just a wind stuck or something, or thought maybe they were just nervous...an audiologist from Janet Smith's room came to check my hearing but she could not get a pass - she said it was inconclusive and would like to retest when I go for a check up with Dr Egner...a journalist named Bronwyn Gerretsen came to see me and take pictures for the Mercury Newspaper...after that we said our goodbyes to all our friends and then we left...on our way I really started battling to breathe...I picked up then dropped again...I then went snow white and completely limp mommy was not happy with my condition...her and daddy decided to stop by Dr Egner's rooms as we were right there...mommy ran up to Dr Egner's rooms with me in her arms...luckily he was right there as we ran through the door, he immediately took me and tended to me...I went pinkish again...he was not happy for me to go home anymore...he phoned Sister Rachael Pillay (The NICU Unit manager) and told her he is sending me back there and he wants them to check my oxygenation...he told mommy to flick my foot and make me cry on the way back if I seemed to stop breathing...I did and mommy had to flick me almost the whole way back...my cry was so soft and weak...mommy was crying with me...when we got to Parklands, Dr Shaik happened to be in the NICU and tended to me - I was put on oxygen and given caffeine...during the first ten minutes back in hospital I had many episodes of apnea over and over...once I had settled I was sneezing quite a bit and Dr Shaik noticed that my chest was quite wheezy, he suggested maybe I picked up a cold...a lit while later I had picked up again and was ready to be weaned off the oxygen...it was a long and disappointing day...

My going home outfit

Zanele, Nokuthula, Fazeela and ME!

Let's Party!

I weigh 1,87kg now! We had a going home party in the NICU today :) I got my first Synagis injection today as well as my first normal vaccinations...I had a very good day and a very good night!

Bridgitte,  Kim and Gervais

The Party People - Vanessa, Sindi, Prabashni, Silindile, Candice and Welile

The End Is In sight!

I weigh 1,84 kg today! Dr Egner said I can go home on Monday!  Mommy and Aunty Welile bathed me!

Joy Ride

Today I weigh 1,8kg...Dr Enger said I can go home next week! I went with mommy, daddy and aunty Welile to Dr Mannikam's rooms at St. Augustine's...he said my heart looks healthy...I enjoyed my first outing - my first car ride :)

Gervais

100 Days old!

I weigh 1,82 kg! I had an excellent, issue free night...I am back of full feeds with no problems or desats during feeds...I was put back into my open crib :) my aunty Olivia was allowed into the NICU to come meet me for the first time!

Puffy Eyes

My eyes are puffy, I have hardly opened them :( Gervais and I had a bad night of desatting...Dr Egner checked if I needed another blood transfusion and decided I was fine...my oxygen was decreased and I have been desatting less and less...by this afternoon my SpO2 remained between 98 and 100...at 15h50 I was taken off the oxygen again and was doing very well!

Hernia Repair

My weight is 1,690kg this morning. I had my hernia repair operation performed by Dr Shaik at about 15h30 today...mommy went with me into theater and held him while they gave me oxygen to make me sleepy...aunty Janet was with me during the op...it took about an hour...when I was back in the NICU I was not breathing well...I had to be put on a ventilator....I pulled the tube out after a few minutes...I was then put on nasal prongs at 40% and the flow was at 2lt per hour....I desatted quite badly...a lot...I am in the first kind of "crib" I was in when I was born...I am not happy...