He was born at Constantiaberg Medi-Clinic and our experience was great (all things considered). The NICU staff were incredibly helpful, supportive and, although I cannot judge their expertise, they inspired confidence that he was being properly taken care of and he improved steadily. When making judgements about such things it is probably more important to know how things are handled when they go wrong rather than when everything is going according to plan. In our case, any sort of plan went out the window pretty quickly and things were handled quickly and efficiently, yet with empathy.
--> 4 Comments » Some photos of Sam for everyone to see, detailed commentary to follow: Album of his progress in the Neonatal unit, hopefully he’ll be home soon.
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Highlights: removal of CPAP
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Highlights: removal of drip.
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Highlights: removal of heater, first ever bath.
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Highlights: two attempts to feed properly, soiling 3 nappies in one go, awake for more than 1 hour.
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Highlights: second bath (first by a parent), 3/4 grandparents visit.
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Highlights: feeding properly all day, ripping out his feeding tube by himself (that's my boy :).
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Highlights: mom slept over in the ICU, got moved to a private room (in ICU), fed properly all day.
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