The doctor at the Newborn Intensive Care Unit says that she has never seen this before either but she found some papers describing similar cases, and it's likely that it's a temporary hyperglycemic condition that he will grow out of on his own within a few months. They will put tubes in his bellybutton and give him insulin to stabilize him, which should take 12-24h. Then Rachel can start breastfeeding him again, and after a couple days of stability we can take him home and start doing the blood test and insulin shot thing. Then eventually he won't need the shots any more. That is the plan, anyway.
Unlike in the ER they won't let us back until they are done putting tubes in his tummy and catheterizing him. Rachel heard him crying on the intercom when they talked to the nurse; a fresh stab through her heart.
They have "parent rooms" for parents to sleep in overnight but they ran out. Couch time. And floor time, because there is only one couch.
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I will put little Isaac in my prayers. Poor little being poked and prodded and not even a week old.
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