Recovery

Nico is healing but he is very needy. If I put him down or give him to Barbara for a second he crys. He wants to be in papa's lap watching his favorite music videos. He does not have much energy so he is not much interested in running around.

We went to the Zoo yesterday. It was a long day of carrying two 25lb babies around. They had the most fun in the gorilla watch tower running around playing peek a boo. THey seemed to enjoy the birds the most. The parrots were most interesting to Luca who was fascinated by their squaks.

Nico's original dressing has fallen off and exposed the wound. It is not small. He is very sensitive when you remove his daiper and screams. It is still weeping blood so we bought some gauze and vaseline impregnanted gauze that prevents the daiper of the regular gauze sticking to the wound.

The biggest risk to the success of this procedure at this point is infection. The Doc told us that we did not need to do anything, but he all wounds need the dressings changed so i called my Doctor friend who confirmed that a dressing change 3x a day is in order.

He also suggested washing the wound with water and not using any sponge or wipes directly on it. We bought some wound wash which is Ph neutral so it doesnt sting. He still hates it when we spray it on the wound, but it will help keep it clean from urine.

The biggest problem is getting him to eat. He is usually ppicky, but since the operation he refuses everything Baraba cooks him. We have been going out to dinner because they love to sit on our lap and eat our food. Last night the novelty of that had worn off and we were at our witts end trying to find something he would eat.

He will usually much on whole wheat bread, but he was pushing everything away from his face. We left the restaurant and went home and after an hour of musoc video's he took a bite of bread. Then I would tiny flakes of salmon on top and he gradually ate a decent amount of salmon and bread.

He had been holding onto his #2 because he was afraid it would mean more pain. After eating ha went and Barbara and I cahnged him without any extra prodding of the sensitive area.

Fionally there is bed time. This can be quite difficult and nico cannot go in the bath and needds two of us to change him and get him into night clothes. As soon as Luca is unattended and Nico starts screaming, Luca gets very clingy and starts crying too. It is very stressful.

They have not been falling asleep easily so I take them in the rented minivan down the freeway for 45 mins. This will put them to sleep for sure, but i can only do one at a time as I have to carry baby and carseat back into the room. The total weight is around 80lbs and I must negotiate three heavily sprung doors, two with card keys, and lock the van. My back is hurting.

Barbara has so much preparation to do wherever we go. The backpack needs snacks and juice and milk and water and clothes and on and on. When we get back she has to prepare food in no time flat all with a boo in one arm tuging at stuff.

On top of all that, she has to wake up all night every three hours and deal with Luca who wakes up at 5am. She has not had a good nights sleep since we got here. Every day ais 99mph and a lot of stress because we feel for Nico so much.