Day 4 of Life Outside the Womb-Liam Scott Wolter

He has a name!! It is Liam Scott Wolter. Scott is Jeremy and his father's middle name. I think it has a nice ring to it. ;) He definitely looks like a Liam. He has little round cheeks that are adorable! Today they are weaning him off of the nasal cannula onto room air. I happened to ask our nurse why he was still on antibiotics and she said the chart said he had pneumonia. Wow, seriously...no one told me this? Everyone knows I am in med school and that I want to know about everything...what the heck?! So, I asked to speak with the doctor of course and they explained that they couldn't figure out whether he had it or not so they were treating it anyways. His WBC was not elevated, no left shift, no lab signs of pneumonia. So, four days have gone by and no one thought to mention that to me. Crazy. Then, at night, the night nurse said there were findings on the abdominal x-ray that indicated he might have something wrong with his bowels. So, at 10:30 at night, I asked them to call the physician because that was the first I heard of that too. So, this really strengthened the bond between me and the medical staff for sure. ;) The doctor did call us and said nothing was wrong and he basically didn't know what she was talking about. Needless to say, I began reading the chart myself from that point on. And, I asked 1 million questions everyday since apparently that is the only way I will find out what is going on. AHHHH! So frustrating. I do love our nurse today though, she seems to be a real advocate for Liam. She got him a stronger bili light, began weaning him off the nasal cannula, and was very supportive of feeding him. He has a diaper rash from all of the antibiotics he is getting and she ordered him some special cream. She seems really great. She took care of Jude for a day or two as well. Liam's bili is down a little but he is still under the lights. He is a lot more active at night and is more hungry at night. Hopefully we can get that switched around once he is home. He makes the sweetest little faces. He loves his pacifier too.