NICU Days - Asher's Journey

August 1, 20215Comments

Day 29 (28/5)

9:44pm - Last Nights Phone Call Asher is now measuring at 12.79” in length. He’s grown 2.29” since delivery day. 😀 We called in tonight to see how he was doing as

by Matthew Hamel

NICU Days

July 31, 20213Comments

Day 28 (28/4)

Note From Last Night - 9:57pm Asher’s new primary nurse, Kelly, gave us a call to report how the rest of yesterday went… He’s weighing in at 910g (2lbs 0.0993oz)… Someone

by Matthew Hamel

NICU Days

July 30, 20214Comments

Day 27 (28/3)

10:15am - Phone Call Another really good night for Asher!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 They have stopped the diuretic treatment as his fluids have begun to balance themselves out. No more swelling… He’s got his neck

by Matthew Hamel

NICU Days

July 29, 20216Comments

Day 26 (28/2)

10:23am - Home The pregnancy tracking app that we were using says that we have 12 weeks until Asher's original due date... That means 12 more weeks until we can expect to

by Matthew Hamel

NICU Days

July 28, 20215Comments

Day 25 (28/1)

3:56pm - Hospital Asher had a pretty good day today… Couldn’t wean on vent but did drop from 64 (last night) to 54 on fiO2. (Constant up and down)… Still on morphine and

by Matthew Hamel

NICU Days

July 27, 20216Comments

Day 24 (28)

6:30pm - Hospital Here’s a quick video of our little journey to Asher’s bed… New video format. Androids and PC’s were not playing any of the other videos. Hope this works!

by Matthew Hamel

NICU Days

July 26, 20216Comments

Day 23 (27/6)

6:17pm - Hospital Another great day for Asher :) The PDA closure has made a significant difference in his stability. His vitals aren’t dropping to the extremes that they were

by Matthew Hamel

NICU Days

July 25, 20217Comments

Day 22 (27/5)

Asher is 3 weeks old!! And... THE PDA HAS CLOSED ON ITS OWN WITHOUT SURGERY! “Asher was scheduled for surgery twice… and yet God had other plans!” 🙌🏻🙌🏻 We are so

by Matthew Hamel

NICU Days

July 24, 20217Comments

Day 21 (27/4)

12:58pm - Cruise Control Our nurse said that he’s been doing well as long as they leave him alone 😂 Oxygen levels, BP, heart rate are all stable. He did receive

by Matthew Hamel

NICU Days

July 23, 20211Comments

Day 20 (27/3)

I had to travel for work today, so mom had to visit Asher solo :( He says hi daddy I’m doing good They went up on his feeds today from 1.5mL/3 hours

by Matthew Hamel

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