Hello Maya thalli..
Papa Edichindi..enduku nanna ilanti title pettav ani pistunda? Read on my love..
This takes us back to the 4th day after you were born i.e. 22 September, one of the unforgettable days of our lives. Just a day before that as part of regular checks, you were taken out for weighing, it seemed you lost more weight than usual. That day again around 10 in the morning nurses had come to weigh this time to double check. Pediatric doctor had to come to check you and told us that you didn't look dehydrated at all, which is one of the things that may cause body weight loss. A normal weight loss for baby after 1 day of delivery is expected to be around 300-500 gms but in your case the loss was almost 850 gms.
To our dismay nurses confirmed that weighing scale at the nursery too showed the same. This was the place where you were first measured. We were then told that we would need to stay back one more day and that in addition to Amma's milk, you were to be administered additional dosage of formula milk. Lactation expert Dr.Vijaysree had come and after helping Amma with the feed, she also fed you a 200 ml dosage of formula milk. By the time this was finished it was around 1 or 2 in the afternoon. After giving nice sounding burp you slept peacefully.
At around 4:15 P.M , she again came over to repeat what was done earlier i.e. breast feed followed by formula milk. She is a very nice lady, talked to us properly and shared the same sentiment with respect to the awful food that was being served in the hospital for Amma. Dishes were good but the rice was very hard something we are not used to eating. She also helped Amma to learn the different techniques of holding you for feed, gave more inputs on how to wake you when you feel asleep during the feed (it seems mother's milk is so very sweet for you that you get intoxicated with sleep), the importance of water intake etc.
She was as much eager as we were to see that you gain some weight soon. After spending some more time she left. As the evening time came, Jeyjeyya had dropped in. You were sleeping like a baby and didn't give them much entertainment no matter how much they tried to wake you, as you can see below. Dadi too was present post-lunch time.
Putting you in the nurse cradle, Amma and I explained them the whole day's happening and that the need for formula milk. Jeyjeyya smelled something was not right. He was confident that someone goofed up with weighting scales, a doubt even doctor too had. You see it was not just the weight loss and the checkup they did to you, they also had taken some blood samples from your tiny little hand and run some tests called electrolyte tests to see how your bowel movements are working. The results thankfully were positive and so it was still a mystery as to the weight loss.
Time passed on quickly and it was almost 8'0 clock. It exceeded the feed time for you but no matter how much Dadi tried and the nurse tried you weren't responding at all, I mean not even a slight twitch of hand or a head shake. You were listless. Thatha and Avva had come by that time for handover and told that they would take care from then. We had called for an aaya, one of the helpers in the hospitals to assist Amma in feeding you and being able to handle you.
We three head back home to Nallakunta house. Post your birth that was the first day I stayed there. It was home coming for me after almost 6 years. I kept my bag in the room and sat on the bed for sometime. The room looked little smaller than I remembered. It evoked so many memories the times I spent with your Peddiah, spent time with friends on projects, etc. The house too was almost set. There were still a lot of things to set right, fixing the pipeline to washing machine, setting the clothesline, dust on the floor due to shining etc. I changed my clothes, had a nice wish and joined Jeyjayya and Dadi for dinner. Once we were done we all sat back in dining room and spent discussing on the days that have gone by and looking ahead. Jeyjeyya was quite miffed at the doctor about the weight thing.
Just then I remembered I had to check up on your feed, so I called Amma. The voice at the other sound was low and a distinct cry was audible. I was unnerved. It was your Avva, who told me that you weren't up yet and that you were taken to neonatal care unit for treatment. There was bit more crying and I couldn't really grasp everything. Jeyjeyya and Dadi too could sense something amiss. I handed over phone to Dadi. She talked for some more time and at the end of the call told that we would be starting right away.
The news was that you weren't responsive even after we left. Doctors and nurses too tried everything they can but to no avail. So they had taken you to a neonatal care where it seemed you were to be given a stomach wash post which an hour of observation. Within next 5 minutes we got ourselves ready and were seated in the car. Dadi and I gave a small prayer in the pooja room. Nanna offered to drive but I assured him I am in good condition to drive. All through the journey I was praying inside and my mind was continually going over every single detail that happened throughout the day. Meanwhile Jeyjeyya had called up Vasundhara Avva for children specialist doctor.
We got hold of him quickly and apprised him of the situation and first thing he told us is not to worry. Furthermore, he added that we were in the best maternity hospital in city which was reputed for children care especially babies, and that all the steps they were taking were correct and that he would have recommended the same. Sometime later there was a call from Ravi Mamma who told us that Rishi too had similar situation and after a stomach was everything was set right.
This was reassuring and my mind calmed a little. We reached the hospital and rushed to the room to find your Amma and Avva teary eyed and deeply sad. After telling them what doctor has said, it lightened up the mood. It was almost 45 minutes since the time you were taken out. A nurse came in and told us that I would be taken to the neonatal care to see the baby. The procedure was finished and Amma's feed was given to you. This call was to let me see you and reassure all that everything was okay.
With all the main head of the families Jeyjeyya, Dadi, Thatha and I went down. Avva stayed back with Amma. Since only one was allowed inside, they waited outside. Mind is a crazy little thing. I was imagining you to be in a bed with all needles and tubes poked into you which is what I saw on the right hand of room which was the actual neonatal care unit. They took me further to a room called well baby which was past this. There you were sleeping peacefully in the same dress you were in, put in a cradle with yellow light all around. This resembled something like a chicken farm, you know like chickens standing in line with dried grass underneath.
Doctor there told us the same thing that nurse told us. No case to worry and asked me if I was satisfied. I was relieved to be frank and with huge smile on my face came out and told the gathering outside. Another one hour later they told us Amma would be called in to feed you this time.
It was 11 in the night and trust me noone was tired and we were fully alert. An hour passed by and it was the moment of reckoning. Amma was put in a wheelchair and taken into the room. Half an hour later Amma came out grinning from ear to ear with huge smile plastered on the face and told us -
papa edchindi..baaga feed teesukundi..
It was e greatest joy to hear that you cried which meant you were normal again. Cry is what would tell us you are hungry, cry is what which would tell us you are active, cry is what makes you tired , cry is what defines a baby.
This is the cry that made us happy all over again and we had a hearty laugh over it. An unforgettable experience for us.
Over the coming days we did post-mortem and we know for sure formula milk was an overdose something that hospital staff denies. Anyway you are back and that is all it matters and it was a good learning lesson for us to fully question every new thing that someone advises and to give you only when the answers satisfied us.
With Love..
Nanna..
Papa Edichindi..enduku nanna ilanti title pettav ani pistunda? Read on my love..
This takes us back to the 4th day after you were born i.e. 22 September, one of the unforgettable days of our lives. Just a day before that as part of regular checks, you were taken out for weighing, it seemed you lost more weight than usual. That day again around 10 in the morning nurses had come to weigh this time to double check. Pediatric doctor had to come to check you and told us that you didn't look dehydrated at all, which is one of the things that may cause body weight loss. A normal weight loss for baby after 1 day of delivery is expected to be around 300-500 gms but in your case the loss was almost 850 gms.
To our dismay nurses confirmed that weighing scale at the nursery too showed the same. This was the place where you were first measured. We were then told that we would need to stay back one more day and that in addition to Amma's milk, you were to be administered additional dosage of formula milk. Lactation expert Dr.Vijaysree had come and after helping Amma with the feed, she also fed you a 200 ml dosage of formula milk. By the time this was finished it was around 1 or 2 in the afternoon. After giving nice sounding burp you slept peacefully.
At around 4:15 P.M , she again came over to repeat what was done earlier i.e. breast feed followed by formula milk. She is a very nice lady, talked to us properly and shared the same sentiment with respect to the awful food that was being served in the hospital for Amma. Dishes were good but the rice was very hard something we are not used to eating. She also helped Amma to learn the different techniques of holding you for feed, gave more inputs on how to wake you when you feel asleep during the feed (it seems mother's milk is so very sweet for you that you get intoxicated with sleep), the importance of water intake etc.
She was as much eager as we were to see that you gain some weight soon. After spending some more time she left. As the evening time came, Jeyjeyya had dropped in. You were sleeping like a baby and didn't give them much entertainment no matter how much they tried to wake you, as you can see below. Dadi too was present post-lunch time.
Putting you in the nurse cradle, Amma and I explained them the whole day's happening and that the need for formula milk. Jeyjeyya smelled something was not right. He was confident that someone goofed up with weighting scales, a doubt even doctor too had. You see it was not just the weight loss and the checkup they did to you, they also had taken some blood samples from your tiny little hand and run some tests called electrolyte tests to see how your bowel movements are working. The results thankfully were positive and so it was still a mystery as to the weight loss.
Time passed on quickly and it was almost 8'0 clock. It exceeded the feed time for you but no matter how much Dadi tried and the nurse tried you weren't responding at all, I mean not even a slight twitch of hand or a head shake. You were listless. Thatha and Avva had come by that time for handover and told that they would take care from then. We had called for an aaya, one of the helpers in the hospitals to assist Amma in feeding you and being able to handle you.
We three head back home to Nallakunta house. Post your birth that was the first day I stayed there. It was home coming for me after almost 6 years. I kept my bag in the room and sat on the bed for sometime. The room looked little smaller than I remembered. It evoked so many memories the times I spent with your Peddiah, spent time with friends on projects, etc. The house too was almost set. There were still a lot of things to set right, fixing the pipeline to washing machine, setting the clothesline, dust on the floor due to shining etc. I changed my clothes, had a nice wish and joined Jeyjayya and Dadi for dinner. Once we were done we all sat back in dining room and spent discussing on the days that have gone by and looking ahead. Jeyjeyya was quite miffed at the doctor about the weight thing.
Just then I remembered I had to check up on your feed, so I called Amma. The voice at the other sound was low and a distinct cry was audible. I was unnerved. It was your Avva, who told me that you weren't up yet and that you were taken to neonatal care unit for treatment. There was bit more crying and I couldn't really grasp everything. Jeyjeyya and Dadi too could sense something amiss. I handed over phone to Dadi. She talked for some more time and at the end of the call told that we would be starting right away.
The news was that you weren't responsive even after we left. Doctors and nurses too tried everything they can but to no avail. So they had taken you to a neonatal care where it seemed you were to be given a stomach wash post which an hour of observation. Within next 5 minutes we got ourselves ready and were seated in the car. Dadi and I gave a small prayer in the pooja room. Nanna offered to drive but I assured him I am in good condition to drive. All through the journey I was praying inside and my mind was continually going over every single detail that happened throughout the day. Meanwhile Jeyjeyya had called up Vasundhara Avva for children specialist doctor.
We got hold of him quickly and apprised him of the situation and first thing he told us is not to worry. Furthermore, he added that we were in the best maternity hospital in city which was reputed for children care especially babies, and that all the steps they were taking were correct and that he would have recommended the same. Sometime later there was a call from Ravi Mamma who told us that Rishi too had similar situation and after a stomach was everything was set right.
This was reassuring and my mind calmed a little. We reached the hospital and rushed to the room to find your Amma and Avva teary eyed and deeply sad. After telling them what doctor has said, it lightened up the mood. It was almost 45 minutes since the time you were taken out. A nurse came in and told us that I would be taken to the neonatal care to see the baby. The procedure was finished and Amma's feed was given to you. This call was to let me see you and reassure all that everything was okay.
With all the main head of the families Jeyjeyya, Dadi, Thatha and I went down. Avva stayed back with Amma. Since only one was allowed inside, they waited outside. Mind is a crazy little thing. I was imagining you to be in a bed with all needles and tubes poked into you which is what I saw on the right hand of room which was the actual neonatal care unit. They took me further to a room called well baby which was past this. There you were sleeping peacefully in the same dress you were in, put in a cradle with yellow light all around. This resembled something like a chicken farm, you know like chickens standing in line with dried grass underneath.
Doctor there told us the same thing that nurse told us. No case to worry and asked me if I was satisfied. I was relieved to be frank and with huge smile on my face came out and told the gathering outside. Another one hour later they told us Amma would be called in to feed you this time.
It was 11 in the night and trust me noone was tired and we were fully alert. An hour passed by and it was the moment of reckoning. Amma was put in a wheelchair and taken into the room. Half an hour later Amma came out grinning from ear to ear with huge smile plastered on the face and told us -
papa edchindi..baaga feed teesukundi..
It was e greatest joy to hear that you cried which meant you were normal again. Cry is what would tell us you are hungry, cry is what which would tell us you are active, cry is what makes you tired , cry is what defines a baby.
This is the cry that made us happy all over again and we had a hearty laugh over it. An unforgettable experience for us.
Over the coming days we did post-mortem and we know for sure formula milk was an overdose something that hospital staff denies. Anyway you are back and that is all it matters and it was a good learning lesson for us to fully question every new thing that someone advises and to give you only when the answers satisfied us.
With Love..
Nanna..
