Ugh, they said Christmas wouldn't affect things around the ICU but its not true. Doctors are scarce and our nurse has two babies - one of whom is a lot sicker than Wren and having desats all day so she's been less attentive to him than we would like.
The wound seepage/infection was noticed Saturday morning and the surgeons/attending have STILL not seen it.
I went in for a visit Sunday evening and just bypassed the nurse and went to find a doctor. The only one around was the resident/fellow (??) who I had never met before. I asked her to come and look at his wound. She unwrapped it and removed one puss-lined dressing. She says its not seriously infected because the surrounding tissue is not inflamed and red but that the wound is not healing properly and closing because of the seepage.
The surgeon needs to look at it to decide whether to pack and suture the wound or whether there were sutures in the underlying layer which should hold if they open and redress it.
It looks a bit nasty and I sure do want them to get a move on this. I will bug them again tomorrow and the doctor promised to follow up on it personally.
On the feeding by bottle thing. Wren ate 10CC first feeding, then 15CC, then 10CC then 17CC. He gets the balance of the 30CC by tube so his tummy gets filled up. He is also on zantac because they think he has reflux which is not suprising after not eating for all 10 days of his life.
Oh, my other complaint is the day-nurse, in her rush, used the most recent milk instead of the colostrum.
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