ystrdy start over

day sixteen

• 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?

tmrw