Wow. What a crazy day and a half it has been. I cannot wait until eleven o'clock so I can sleep! It started yesterday with an attempt at a marathon pumping event. You see, since moving into our new place and that coupled with starting a new job, I wasn't as diligent as I should have been with my pumping, and therefore I lost my milk. To give you an idea of how much I produced, for the last month and a half, he has been using what I had stored. We had to buy a deep freezer to keep it all! Well, we are now down at the last of it, and previous attempts to restore my milk supply have failed, so I decided to try something Maria told me about. Pumping every 30 minutes for three hours. Yesterday was day one of the attempt. I got two hours into it and then got distracted by kids. It was downhill from there. I have been so busy that I haven't had a chance to do it today, but it will have to be later in the evening.
So, onto the next bit o'crazy. By eleven last night, J and I were worn out and tired. Kai had been fussy and awake all day, and Zuri was whiny. We were eagerly waiting for the nurse to arrive. Eleven-fifteen went by, then eleven-twenty. No nurse. By eleven-thirty we were getting annoyed and a little anxious. Where was the nurse? So, we called the office and they said that nurse so-and-so (name withheld to protect identity) was supposed to be there. I told them that nurse so-and-so had told us a few days before that she had been reassigned for that night to a different family because she was orienting a new nurse (or family--can't remember which). They tried calling the nurse who they said was supposed to come that night and received no reply. Then they tried the call list, but because by that time it was almost midnight, no one was available. So, we went without a nurse last night. It was awful. J and I took shifts. I stayed up until four-thirty this morning so that he could get the most sleep and be more (or less) rested for work. By the time four came, however, I had hit my second wind and was wide awake when it was J's turn. He insisted that I need to get some sleep, so I went in, but sleep eluded me until after five this morning. J was in at seven-thirty, letting me know that he needed to go to work. At most I had two and a half hours of sleep, and I am feeling it now. Kai decided to be awake and fussy until three this morning, so at least my shift kept me occupied.
From seven-thirty this morning, I started getting ready right away for Kai's ENT appointment at Primary Children's (trach check-up) at eleven-thirty. Good thing I did, because although we made it fifteen minutes early (whoohoo!) I was afraid we were going to be late. Kai had one of his "episodes" before we left where he was so hysterical that he didn't want to breathe. Oh, the stress! To get him calm, I had to take him out of his car seat and pat his back for a bit. Once calm, the ride to the hospital was smooth and uneventful (hallelujah). The appointment itself was also quick and uneventful. Good news--Kai is now up to 10 lbs 5 oz (4.67 kg)! He is getting bigger!
If I don't get my milk back, we are hoping the transition to formula won't be too bad--thus far he has not been able to tolerate formula very well. In fact, we have been fortifying my milk with a special formula because he can't handle the regular stuff.
Well, we had another surprisingly, mostly uneventful ride home, and then someone has parked in my parking stall. Add that to an already short fuse and I was upset. It still takes at least three trips when it is just me and the kids to get everything in and out of the car. Our stall is located at the base of the stairs to our condo so it is a quick trip there and back. The unassigned parking is around the corner. So, I parked the car right in front of the other car so I could at least unload, and once the kids and equipment were all inside I quickly parked in an unassigned spot and ran inside. Whew, all was well.
Right now, both Zuri and Kai are down for a nap (which rarely happens, so I am entirely grateful), and we are just awaiting the arrival of the occupational therapist in an hour. What a day.
Sleep sounds so nice...I cannot wait to fall in bed tonight.
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