Monthly Archives: December 2010

The Epilepsy Monitoring Unit

Posted on December 26, 2010 by earlybirdies

A couple of weeks ago, Andrew stopped smiling and visually tracking. Completely lacking awareness of the world around him, Andrew became a shell of his old self. When a baby regresses in this way, it’s often because of seizures. We … Continue reading →

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Speech and Hearing Update

Posted on December 15, 2010 by earlybirdies

The morning of Andrew’s NICU discharge, he failed two newborn hearing screenings: the Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) and the Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE). As they are both basic screening tests, the NICU tests were completed on a pass/fail basis. Andrew failed … Continue reading →

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Feeding Difficulties

Posted on December 8, 2010 by earlybirdies

After multiple stomach surgeries, Andrew was discharged from the NICU hailed as a miraculously good eater. Andrew loved to eat. He knew he had been missing out. But then he came home and his eating started to change for the worst: … Continue reading →

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Andrew’s wounds

Posted on December 5, 2010 by earlybirdies

Remember when due to poor nutritional status, Andrew’s body lacked the proper healing mechanisms, so he  literally cried his guts out after his second exploratory surgery? And then he ended up with a huge gaping hole in his stomach and … Continue reading →

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Andrew’s EEG

Posted on December 5, 2010 by earlybirdies

Back in June, when Andrew was just recovering from a near-fatal encounter with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), we started to notice that his arms and legs would twitch. Sometimes, the twitches would come in clusters and would cause his tiny, swollen … Continue reading →

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