• another mom taking selfies with
her new baby… somewhat
mental illness, these phones
• what’s funny is I can tell
that I’m gonna be fully
functional just in time for
this rotation to end. I’m going
to be a competent nicu worker
just in time to leave.
- learning how and when to
weight adjust feeds from --o-----.
it’s a lot of black box unboxings
• look for oral cues — 24 hours
off of CPAP = good to start
transition to oral feeds
• ? cueing… what to look for?
• have to get babies fully supine
before d/c to prep for home conditions
• I have to remind myself why
I’m not doing residency
and why I couldn’t bring
myself to sign up even for a
transitional year: I’m not
willing to give up another year
of my life to this world. the
years are quite literally limited
+ precious, and I stand by my
assertion that there is work to do
right now that requires NO
accreditation, licensing, Kafka bs
• they’re talking about how teratoma baby
is irritable and “inconsolable” and
refluxing orange… they’re adding
famotidine… sure why not treat
a symptom instead of the obvious
cause. w t a f
• ? when to diagnose BPD?
something abt 36 weeks?