Ray's post. Came back to Rochester today after spending the last few days in Eau Claire and taking care of stuff for job stuff, football stuff, and everything in between. Was really good to be able to come and hold Zoey and make sure that she's okay in continuing the progress she needs to make. She's gained 30 grams the previous 2 nights however tonight she lost 10 grams, so she took a day off so she may have to stop slacking and make sure she puts on again over the weekend. They upped feedings again so that should help as she's now over 3 and a half pounds and trying to get towards that 5 pound weight so she can finally have the surgery again and put her back together for lack of a better way than putting it. There has been some pretty disappointing miscommunications within the NICU as a nurse overdosed 1 of the babies which made her really really sick and another nurse somehow pulled out a line or tube or something that had been stitched into the little baby so that has created a lot of problems and stress between the doctors & the nurses, you can feel it pretty thick in the room. The boy that was brought in the same day Zoey was born also has contracted MRSA, so all the babies had to get tested in the entire NICU. Especially disconcerting as Zoey's nurse and the boys nurse are the exact same everyday so it's possible that the nurse brought things back and forth and Zoey could end up with it if they didn't use proper clean procedures. She's not showing any symptoms yet so we just have to pray that they didn't get back to her and that every other baby as well as the boy gets well as quickly as possible as soon as possible. Several families in last week have asked that certain nurses don't be with their child which is not a good feeling for anybody involved. There's a few that we don't like for their sloppiness and lack of urgency and don't necessarily get along with either, so it will be interesting the rest of the way here for everybody involved. Our current resident continues to be a disappointment but the fellow basically gives us correct information after we get told the wrong thing the first time. Being here for so long we have seen some of the great, some of the good, some of the ugly, and some of the just downright bad. Hopefully the department head who works this weekend can get everyone back to good. With everybody SO stressed out as they are in the situation to begin with, to have the parents around us so concerned about if their child is getting enough proper care and the stress between the nurses and doctors, it just makes for a very awkward atmosphere. This is the first time I've sensed it so I guess that's a positive.
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