Reagan's Story


Though she be but little... she is fierce. -William
Shakespear

Reagan Jean Hulsebus was born at 22 weeks 4 days gestational
age at 5:43 AM on August 1, 2012. She tipped the scales at a tiny 1 pound
1 1/2 ounces, and was just 10 1/2 inches
long. Though Reagan came into the world much sooner than anticipated, she is
making her presence known. She is a very active micro-preemie, spending much of
her time kicking, punching, and squirming. Reagan has a very long road ahead of
her but she is in the very best hands with a team of and most capable NICU
doctors and nurses anywhere.

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Weekend!

Day of life 9

Day of life 9

8/11

Today is my 10th day of life and my weight is 430 grams or 15 oz... I am growing!

The doctors upped my feedings today to 7cc every 6 hours for a total of 28 cc/day. Might not

I've had a busy weekend already! Saturday I had 21 visitors :) I got another dose of surfactant. I handled it much better than the last time, I didn't get nearly as mad at the respiratory therepist. For the most part I've been a very good girl and its been an uneventful weekend for me with few changes by the doctors.


Day of life 10... the bandage on my leg covers my new PICC line, it keeps me from snagging it on the blanket and pulling on it


Day of life 10 with Mommy & Daddy's wedding rings :)

My  visitors today were:
Ashley & Andy Hardin
Aunt Lyndsi & Colin
Matt Schwan & Kristin Pesko
Gavin, Katie, & Owen Burgess
Kate & Seth Essing
Uncle Mark & Aunt Leslie
Aunt Mari, Uncle Jurgen and my cousins Blake & Zane
Uncle Luke, Aunt January, and my cousins Kade & Carter


8/12

Today is my 11th day of life and my weight is 433 grams... Daddy says I'm going to have to grow faster than 3 grams/day but growth is growth darn it!

This morning I had my breathing and feeding tubes re-taped... I was not a very happy camper. I made my squished up little frowny face and held my breath. The un-taping was worse than the re-taping, I had had the same tape on my nose for 10 days and it really did not want to come off! Eventually I decided to cooperate and let them hurry up and finish taping me up. Mommy and Daddy got a brief glimpse at my nose in between the old tape and new tape and Mom says I'm going to look just like my Daddy.

Dr. McElroy is very happy with my progress and says he will continue to do very little to me until I am either bigger, and therefor better able to handle the steroids that I will need to aid in my lung development or my condition worsens and I need to the steroids sooner. At the rate I am going it is better to wait until I am a little bigger to administer the steroids as the effects on my tiny body would be more unpredictable right now. My lung scans continue to look satisfactory.

My visitors today were:
Matt Schwan & Kristin Pesko
Grandma and Grandpa Benjamin
Grandma and Grandpa Hulsebus
Great Grandma Jean
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