First Outfit—the Results Are In!

Another up and down day, this time, for a different reason. I asked the head nurse, Nori, if I could hold Eli today. First she said yes. Then she said no. Then she said yes. Then she said no. You get the picture. After watching his oxygen saturation go up and down several times, she finally decided that Eli is just too unstable; she didn't want to risk taking him out of his isolette. She did kindly offer us a compromise and agreed to open up one side of the isolette so we could kind of cradle him in our hands. First, she asked that we dress him in this hat and booties to keep him warm. I don't think he minded that they were pink (those of you who voted for pink as his first outfit on the blog poll were right!! :-) and neither did we because he looked ridiculously cute. I think he enjoyed the session as much as we did. We stayed like this for about an hour and a half and he seemed to have fewer desats while we were holding him. He was wide awake for most of the time too. It was really something. Nori said we can check again on Friday about the prospects of holding him.

By the way, did you happen to notice that quickly sprouting head of hair in the first photo? I think we might have another blondie in the family!