Re: From Suzanne Re: preemie-l Visitors, Taking Places after

scerreta@ccvhs.vhsla.com
Wed, 12 Jun 96 08:08:49 PST 

     Suzanne wrote
     
      <<I think that it would be a good idea for those with new premies to 
     ask the doctors if you can wait in another room away from other 
     patients.>>
     
     My peds office has a "sick" waiting room, and a "well" waiting room.  
     It is really great, because all the healthy kids stay together and 
     don't have to be in the room with the sick kids.  Also, I don't touch 
     anything there anyway, so I don't transfer it to Nicholas.
     
     Talk to ya later.
     
     Stephanie - mom to Nicholas, 31 weeker, now 11 1/2 weeks


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Subject: From Suzanne Re: preemie-l Visitors, Taking Places after Dis
Author:  Gary Hardy <garyh@yarra.vicnet.net.au> at vhsunix
Date:    6/11/96 10:30 PM


     
     
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 22:26:12 -0400 
From: Suzanne900@aol.com
To: preemie-l@vicnet.net.au
Subject: Re: preemie-l Visitors, Taking Places after Discharge
     
In a message dated 96-06-11 16:22:15 EDT, Kim writes:
     
>I think parents of preemies (myself included) often shelter our children.
 We
>can't help it.  But eventually, we are able to treat them like ano other 
>child.  it just takes a little longer for many of us.
>
     
We thought we would shelter John Henry when he came home, after all, he was 
on oxygen, just over RSV, and had recently been through heart surgery. We 
were good about the hand washing and keeping him away from children, but it 
became very apparent that he needed the stimulation of being out in public, 
he would get very grouchy at home. He also ate better in crowded places. We 
tried to keep him 6 feet away from people if possible, a distance our 
pulmonologist suggested, and we kept him from touching anything. We did go 
out to visit relatives often, but he didn't spend too much time in the same 
room as the kids.
     
John Henry came home at the end of July, when there wasn't too much going 
around, and then over the winter he had an ear infection and two viruses, 
both picked up at doctor's appointments. He got over them better than I did. 
I think that it would be a good idea for those with new premies to ask the 
doctors if you can wait in another room away from other patients. Of course, 
your child could always pick it up from staff members, too. When I called 
about JH being sick a week after seeing the pediatrician, his whole office 
was sick!
     
I just saw something that would have been quite useful for us if it had been 
around a year ago. It is a stoller by Cosco (I think) called Rock n Roll, and 
the seat can glide or rock. It was about $85 at Toys R Us and I thought it 
was rather nice. John Henry liked to bounce alot, and still does. I may still 
get it for him since we do alot of strolling and I usually have to move the 
stroller back and forth as we go to get him to take a nap.
     
Suzanne
(mom to John Henry, 24 weeker, 14.5 months old)