Michael's doctor's appointment was fine. The pediatrician managed to get him a few more Synagis (RSV) shots, because he had been admitted with pneumonia. So he got his 15-month vaccinations and his Synagis shot. He already knew when he smelled the rubbing alcohol and started screaming!!! Luckily he is a little flirt, so 2 minutes later when the nurses were talking to him, he already gave them a huge smile again :)
Mother's day was nice. Robert got me a fancy tea from Starbucks and made me breakfast. We took it easy the rest of the morning and went to David and Lesley the afternoon to celebrate Mother's day with them. David has 3 wonderful children: Jessie, Josh and Anna. Mother's day is a difficult day for them, since they lost their mother Amy, 8 years ago to cancer. Lesley has been a great step mom for them. We took Mikey into the pool at their house and Anna joined us in the water. Micheal wasn't really into it like he was that morning at Mommy and Me class.
Today, Monday, I had a follow up appointment with my doctor and I brought Michael with me. It's in the same hospital as our NICU, so we visited them afterwards. It was nice to see 'momma Karen' and 'momma Terri' and some of the other nurses. Karen and Terri gave me some great advice on different subjects, so it was very helpful for me.
Later in the afternoon we went to the fancy Loews Hotel to meet up with Valerie and Greg and their little boy Ethan. Ethan was born a month and a half before Michael (full term) and he is such a big boy!! He is so cute, but he wasn't having a very good day. He woke up in a bad mood and fell and hurt his lip. Hopefully he will do better tomorrow. He was playing with a bucket of ice cubes and when Michael put his hands in the bucket I kind of expected Ethan to tell Michael to get lost. Most kids do, but he did not mind at all. Michael loved it and every time I tried to pull him away from the bucket he started screaming. He has never done that before!!! He usually doesn't care when you take a toy away from him. So funny!!!
Tomorrow I will have to start packing because we are going to Boston for the weekend with Rae and Jules. Their grandson, Josef, will be graduating from Brandeis University. They are so proud of him!!!
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Michael Jeffrey Pincus was born on February 18, 2007. He was born at 24 weeks at 1 pound, 4 ounces, 11 inches. He spent 149 days in the NICU. He was intubated for 3 months, therefore he has severe BPD (Broncho Pulmonary Dysplasia) and he suffered severe hearing loss in both ears. On September 21, 2007 he received his first set of hearing aids. Other than that he is doing really really well for a 24-weeker!! Michael has been a fighter from the day he was born and this is his journal...
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