Bye Bye Tube

NICU Day #3 of 127 days

OUUUCCCCCCHHHHH!!!!!!
It feels like a freight train is coming up through my throat. PLEASE stop this pain. It’s too much! And then... it’s gone. Wait a second… the tube is gone, the tube is gone!!!! It hurts – feels pretty raw – but at least the tube is gone!

I can’t wait for mommy and daddy to see me. They will be very happy to see my mouth and cheeks. Here they are! I feel mommy and daddy’s presence, just outside my box. They are so happy. The doctor is talking to them. He says I’m doing really well breathing on my own. Just a little bit of oxygen through nasal prongs. Hey, that’s what this is. It feels kind of poky, but so much better than the tube in my throat.

Daddy asks if he can hold me. The doctor says no. Not today. If I could just hold my mommy and daddy for one minute I’d be so happy. “Please God… doctors, nurses? Please let me hold my mommy and daddy. I need them!”