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Ethan is close to his three months of age and we are filled with joy to see the beautiful development of new life. He recognizes certain nurses by the sound of their voice. He enjoys music and toys like other babies. Ethan is attentive, smiles when he is happy to see mommy with his bottle [...]
Before we were discharged from Lucile Packard on December 12, 2014 we had discussed options to help Ethan gain wait and get the proper nutrition. Ethan's body is constantly trying to heal therefore he needs to eat more than healthy babies to make up for the high amount of energy loss. The amount of formula [...]
I never felt so helpless in my entire life. I never witness Ethan cry of so much pain as I saw him & heard him last night and no matter how much we try to heal his wounds on his fingers and toes or any part of his body we fail every time. All his [...]
There are a few important thing for us to take into account in Ethan's daily care, any small amount of friction on his skin will cause the poorly joint skin to split resulting in a blister, any blister that do form need to be popped immediately to prevent spreading. Any adhesives stuck to the skin [...]
Although all of the strict precautions we follow seem to have slowed down the process of blisters forming on Ethan's skin, only a few blisters show a significant improvement. The blisters that he was born with on his buttocks increased in size and are still raw. Blisters that were showing improvement, have started to bleed [...]
Ethan is 2 months today ☺. We are very thankful that the skin that was ripped off of his face-cheeks and shoulder by the tape holding the oxygen and feeding tubes in place when he was intubated on November 27th is continuing to heal and have been reduced to only discoloration. Any sorrow we felt [...]
Norma Cruz 