So, in RM House’s defense, they provided us with a $25 gift card to the grocery store without our even asking to be compensated for the mistake. And to be honest, I’m not sure we would have asked. But it’s nice not to have had to consider it. Mandy’s mama went and picked up some of the groceries that most needed replacing, and her brother is going to be my knight in shining garlic. All is once again calm on the food front – except for the memo that went under everybody’s doors this afternoon reminding people that taking food from other people’s bins is grounds for termination. Dude. Stealing from people with sick kids? That’s just not cool – even for people with their own sick kids.

The BabyBug had a rough day today. We arrived and her bilirubin levels have gone down so she is now just on the glow worm blanket, with no spotlight. She is at 3 lbs 13 oz. Any day now she will break 4 lbs!! As of today she is officially at continuous full feed. Good Bug! She’s not doing as well at her breathing. She had a bigger suction tube put in at some point last night or this morning because the little one wasn’t wide enough to suction efficiently. This new one makes all sorts of crazy howling, whistling, slurping sounds as it suctions, which is scary for us and probably not so pleasant for Leah either.

I held Leah for kangaroo time today, and she was fine for about half an hour or 40 minutes and then her heart rate and breathing rate started to go down, and then her oxygen saturation started to fall. It went all the way into the 40’s – the poor bug was turning bluish and mottled in my arms. It was SO SCARY. The nurse wound up putting an oxygen mask over her face to get her levels back up, and then suctioned out her mouth and nose and flushed the suction tube to make sure it wasn’t clogged. Mostly, she said Leah seemed like she was holding her breath. Poor baby is having such a problem remembering to breathe! She may have to have the cannula on again for a little while.

I think for the next few days or maybe week, we’re going to impose a Mamas-only rule on touching LeahBug. We want to see how she does without the extra interruptions and stimulation and opening and closing of doors while she’s trying to regulate her sleep cycles. So don’t take it personally if we don’t let you touch the little fingerses and toeses if you come to visit!