We received the call today for a little guy to come and stay with us for awhile. I have no idea about where this will go or if this Mamma has the support and parenting skills she will need to parent him. He's a preemie and being released for the first time from the hospital on Thursday. The concern was that the mother showed no bonding and no concern over him during his stay. Of course this may change after he is discharged and he seems more like a baby than a science experiment to her. What we do know is that he has a feeding tube, oxygen needs, and takes meds to prevent seizures. He's 5 months old and 10 pounds born at 23 weeks 1lb 3oz. Sounds like Miss S actually.
Discharge is Thursday as long as we feel comfortable taking him home and we have "trained" on his needs, and of course all of his supplies get delivered... course we have extra everything here. LOL Yeah training... gotta love it. But I understand where they are coming from... it can be very overwhelming for some people all the equipment... but for us... it's what we do.
I'm meeting him in the NICU tomorrow morning.
PS We call him SPUD- cuz seriously he looks like a baked potato.
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