"Rooming in"

I know why they call it rooming in, because you are here but not sleeping. They came in to do a blood draw. Severin is so strong and wiggly, I had to hold him down while lab chick dug around in his foot trying to get a draw. That didn't work so she went for his hand. The poor kid was a mess. And then it wasn't enough for his potassium test, so the IV team came in and started another IV, with another blood draw. We were almost IV free. And then the IV team had to do another blood draw an hour later. Yeah Severin took a while to calm down after that. Potassium came back good. Now the swallow study, he did not pass or fail. He was really upset during the test and only swallowed 2cc, with a lot of work from the Speech Therapist. He did not aspirate, and everything looked like it was going the right way. They want to retest him in a week or so. I am learning some oral stimulation techniques. The fact that he sucks and then has to swallow is too hard for him right now, he lacks the coordination and it stresses him out too much. There is no point in giving him high calorie food when he burns it all up in eating it. He will come home with the NJ, and NG tubes. He is still on oxygen, a very low amount. He will come home with that. We have our going home check list. He is still a Heart Baby. He has done so well, I forget this is HIS normal.