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Entries from October 31st, 2008

Got made up for Halloween!

October 31st, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Tom decided to paint Zoe like a clown for Halloween! Or was it Tammy he wanted to make into a clown? Either way, it came out too cute!

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A suprise

October 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized

We got these Lederhosen all the way from my aunt Christa in Germany! Even better, my mom delivered them HERSELF! Cool! What a wonderful suprise! How nice! Zoe will look so cute. They are VERY hard to come by, even in Germany. These came [...]

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Odd ball out

October 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Default

I am the odd ball out. While some of you would say: “Duh, are you just figuring this out, Tom?”.
I am the only one that is non-eee. We have Tamm-eee, Dal-eee, ibb-eee and Wikk-eee. I am the only dud. It’s Tom and that’s it. No eee sound at the [...]

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A new angle

October 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized

While Tammy was in the hospital, she mentioned that she liked the adjustable bed. We only have a Tempurpedic that is flat. She uses many pillows to position herself upright. Well, I listened to her in the hospital. This morning I went to the hardware store and bought the [...]

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Yay! We are out of here!

October 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Baby, Pre-Term Labor-32 weeks

Tammy will get her IV connection removed and will then get dressed. Then we are out of this joint!
As she says: “I’m free!”
 
Hasta-la-see-you-later!

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Hospital tip again – Heartbeat monitor

October 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Baby, Pre-Term Labor-32 weeks

So the nurse fumbles around putting on the external fetal monitor “pucks” and says “don’t move…” and you breathe and lose the heartbeat. The fix is usually easy. Have the dad run over there when she steps out and have him put more of the goo on the [...]

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Another hospital tip – Shift Changes

October 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Baby, Pre-Term Labor-32 weeks

I’m just now learnig this stuff as I have no real hospital experience.
At this hospital, shift changes happen every 12 hours. We get a new nurse at that time. We had learned that the following time after a shift change, you will NOT be attended to. Your machines will alert, [...]

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Haywire

October 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Baby, Pre-Term Labor-32 weeks

I leave for a couple of hours and all is disheveled. Ice water is empty. Fetal monitor is alerting visually because the heart rate monitor didn’t have enough goop on the puck. The fetal monitor was also alerting audibly because it was out of paper. Breakfast was carbohydrate central for a [...]

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