Each NICU patron must begin his or her visit by huddling over a water trough (fit for a Clint Eastwood western). The faucet has been engineered to negate the need for touching any part of the sink with your fingers. You don't even use your hands to turn it on! With a nudge of the [...]
I finally did it! It has taken months, but I went to the mountaintop, and I saw the promised land. I reached 400,000 points on Tetris! In a previous post entitled A Tetris Fantasy, I committed to stepping back from my preferred distraction for a specified period of time. Well, I did, and the five-day [...]
The most dependable distraction known to humanity is Tetris. The game is timeless! It is one of the most potent digital addictions of all time. When Alexey Pajitnov invented the game in 1984, he never expected the game to be a world-wide phenomenon (he actually distributed the game to his friends free-of-charge). But when the [...]
"How is Jesher gaining all this weight so fast?" My mind was completely boggled by Jesher's third consecutive day of weight gain. He had never recorded a streak like this in his life! And although this news would be mortifying for the average adult, it is tremendous news for a micro-preemie. The nurse laughed at [...]
Before Jesher's birth, Lhorraine and I had begun our friendly banter concerning parental roles and responsibilities. Strategic foresight ranks pretty high on our family-values list, so starting this discussion three months before Jesher's due date was a non-negotiable element of our third trimester preparation plan. Although serious in nature, these conversations would always end in [...]
The ground rumbled as I sat near Jesher's bed reading him a bedtime story. At first I wondered if the second coming of Christ would interrupt my son's fight and immediately remedy his ailments. The ground continued to trimmer. After peaking out of the window and seeing no blinding-lights in the sky, I conceded that [...]
Yep, I'm a proud dad! My little man has earned his first bit of street-cred and I couldn't be prouder...Jesher earned himself an affirming nickname. Now, growing up, getting a nickname was a dicey proposition. You never knew if the nickname would highlight a strength or weakness. It could bring unwanted attention to a protruding [...]
I walked in this morning a bit disappointed to see Jesher's blue light back on. Yesterday, we received a report from the doctors that his bilirubin levels (caused by jaundice) had subsided. Photo-therapy (also known as light therapy) is used to help the body dissolve bilirubin. Of course, we were elated! But we also new [...]
Prayers for Jesher 