Nystatin

This afternoon we administered Nystatin to treat the thrush. Dr. Balsan said that it's common to administer this for all babies under 1 kilo anyway (that's Maria). I guess the feeding tube is a foreign object and he doesn't want any fungus to grow because of it.

The Nystatin is very sweet tasting, and the nurse warned me that most babies don't like it. We swabbed it around her mouth and Maria loves it. She kept sucking on the swab and didn't fuss a bit. So she has a sweet tooth...welcome to the female world! Too bad she has no idea that we don't keep any artificial sweets in our house as a rule...cruel joke!

I got to do a lot of her care today. I did the Nystatin thing, diaper, temperature, but today was special because I got to put lotion on her for the first time. Her skin is starting to get dry, so I gave her a little lotion message...I also messaged her ears, which sounds weird, but the CPAP smashes her ears against her head, so I'm trying to keep the blood flowing...

Joe is still playing it safe by avoiding the hospital. He's feeling a bit better, but not 100%. He wants to visit again tomorrow after work.