1. Disclaimer
    1. Trademarks
    2. Hospitals and Parent’s Groups
  2. Introduction
    1. 5 Things You Need To Consider
    2. Book Format
  3. Week 25 – Roller Coaster of Doctor Appointments
    1. The Past Week
    2. Cardiologist
    3. Today
    4. Coming Up
    5. Details and Thoughts
  4. Week 25.5 – Ultrasound
    1. Details and Thoughts
  5. Week 26 – Excited Doctor Alert
    1. Details and Thoughts
  6. 3:17:22
    1. Details and Thoughts
  7. 10/8/13 – Morning Update
    1. Details and Thoughts
  8. 10/9/13 – Fast Moving Day
    1. Sent at 9:57am
    2. Sent at 12:07pm
    3. Sent at 12:27pm
    4. Sent at 5:14pm
    5. Sent at 10:08pm
    6. Details and Thoughts
  9. 10/10/13 – Decision Time
    1. Sent at 9:43am
    2. Sent at 9:55am
    3. Sent at 11:19am
    4. Details and Thoughts
  10. 10/10/13 – Thomas Ulysses Grote
    Sent at 1:28pm
    Sent at 2:39pm
    Sent at 4:11pm
    Sent at 6:33pm
    Details and Thoughts
    New Home
    10/11/13 – The First Real Day
    NICU (neonatal intensive care unit)
    Tommy
    Missy
    Family
    Details and Thoughts
    10/12/13 – Here We Go
    Missy
    Tommy
    Family
    Details and Thoughts
    10/13/13 – A Great Day
    Missy
    Tommy
    Family
    Details and Thoughts
    10/14/13 – Missy and I are Home
    Tommy
    Family
    Details and Thoughts
    10/15/13 – Today was a Good Day
    Missy
    Tommy
    Scary Time
    Details and Thoughts
    10/16/13 – Not Much Science
    Shannon
    Tommy
    The Doctor
    Details and Thoughts
    10/17/13 – Happy One Week Birthday
    Tommy
    Details and Thoughts
    10/18/13 – Quick Update
    Details and Thoughts
    10/18/13 – Wonderful Day
    Tommy
    CPAP
    Feeding
    Ductus
    Brain Ultrasound
    Kangarroing
    Details and Thoughts
    10/19/13 – Walley World
    Blood
    Heart Murmur
    IV Line
    Urine Output
    Kangarooing
    Yeah, About that IV Line
    Details and Thoughts
    10/20/13 – Gentle Curves in the Road
    White Cells
    The Proof
    You’re In Not Out
    Blood
    Clear and Easy
    How is Tommy?
    How are we?
    Details and Thoughts
    10/21/13 – It All Falls Apart
    The Call No Parent Wants
    Arriving to a Hug
    Dr. Maurer Takes Over
    Stabilized
    Note to Family and Friends
    Family Only Update
    Out of Crisis Mode
    Test Results
    Details and Thoughts
    10/22/13 – Progress
    Details and Thoughts
    10/22/13 – Stabilization
    Details and Thoughts
    10/23/13 – Exhale
    Details and Thoughts
    10/23/13 – No More
    Work
    Lungs
    Heart
    Head
    Blood pressure
    Urine output
    Infection
    Feeding
    Weight
    Details and Thoughts
    Desats
    10/24/13 – Happy two week birthday!
    Infection
    Breathing
    Feeding
    IV Line
    Heart Echo
    Brain Scan
    Details and Thoughts
    10/25/13 – Breathe Easier
    Details and Thoughts
    10/25/13 – Cutie Pie
    Details and Thoughts
    10/26/13 – Sibling Bonding
    Shannon
    Tommy
    Cares
    Details and Thoughts
    10/27/13 – Middle of the Night Hospital Trip
    Details and Thoughts
    10/27/13 – Of Stories and Smiles
    Today’s Visit
    Decorating
    Size
    Details and Thoughts
    10/28/13 – On His Own
    Breathing
    Feeding
    Blood
    Voiding
    Weight
    Details and Thoughts
    10/29/13 – Jet Away
    Details and Thoughts
    10/29/13 – Impressively Wonderful Day
    Details and Thoughts
    10/30/13 – Sometimes Mom and Dad are Right
    Feeding
    Breathing
    Shannon
    Missy
    Details and Thoughts
    10/31/13 – Happy Three Week Birthday and Something is Missing
    Missing
    Weight
    Extubation
    Mail
    Blood
    Details and Thoughts
    11/1/13 – Extubation Complete
    Details and Thoughts
    11/1/13 – When OK is Super Fabulously Excellent
    Details and Thoughts
    11/2/13 – Feed, Cry, Pacify
    Feeding
    Cry
    Pacify
    Details and Thoughts
    11/3/13 – Touching
    Rules
    Play
    Hospital
    Details and Thoughts
    11/4/13 – Let Me Get the Doctor
    Morning
    Lunch
    Evening
    Details and Thoughts
    11/5/13 – We Interrupt your Routine
    Routine
    Tommy
    Details and Thoughts
    11/6/13 – Partners
    Daddy Cares
    Medical Team
    All of You
    Detail and Thoughts
    11/7/13 – 4 Weeks
    Nurses
    Infection
    Feeding
    Home
    Kangarooing First Time
    Details and Thoughts
    11/8/13 – Handling His … Business
    Cares
    Blood Sugar
    Breathing
    Voiding Update
    Details and Thoughts
    11/9/13 – Thriver
    Fluids
    Breathing
    Video
    Details and Thoughts
    11/10/13 – Tears of Relief
    Visit
    The Bond
    Tommy’s Health
    Details and Thoughts
    11/11/13 – Speaking Up
    Visitor
    Tommy’s Health
    Details and Thoughts
    11/12/13 – Missing a Few Things
    Tommy Going Strong
    Details and Thoughts
    11/13/13 – Back and Forth
    Feeding
    Eyes
    Family
    Details and Thoughts
    11/14/13 – Dumbfounded
    The Card
    The Email
    The Letter
    The Call
    Details and Thoughts
    11/15/13 – Connections
    Shannon
    Missy and Tommy
    Cassie
    Family and Friends
    Details and Thoughts
    11/16/13 – Vigilant Contentment
    Tommy’s Health
    Houdini
    Kangaroo
    Details and Thoughts
    11/17/13 – Sugar, Sugar
    Weather
    Visits
    The Specialist
    Details and Thoughts
    11/18/13 – Tommy is in Charge … and Melissa
    Tommy’s in Charge
    Melissa
    Cute
    Details and Thoughts
    11/19/13 – Waves of Blessings
    Breathing
    Food and Vitamins
    Occupational Therapy
    Melissa
    Details and Thoughts
    11/20/13 – The Case of the Missing Calories
    Where’d They Go?
    Breathing Success
    Insurance Fun
    Details and Thoughts
    11/21/13 – A Gift
    Fellow Parent
    Infection?
    The Doctor is Out
    Breathing and Blood Work
    Details and Thoughts
    11/22/13 – Spa Time
    Spa Time
    Bacteria
    Details and Thoughts
    11/23/13 – Sister Time and Snacks
    Sister Time
    Missing Out
    Being There
    Details and Thoughts
    11/24/13 – Wait. What?
    Doctor Jung
    Health
    Details and Thoughts
    11/25/13 – High Five
    Grandma Visits
    Olive Oil, Not Popeye
    Breathing
    Electrocardiogram
    Details and Thoughts
    11/26/13 – It Wasn’t Even Mine
    Breathing
    Feeding
    Holding
    Details and Thoughts
    11/27/13 – Happy 34 Weeks
    Blood Work
    Feeding
    Middle Name
    Details and Thoughts
    11/28/13 – Tommy Turkey
    Nurses
    Coughing Sneezing
    Blood Work
    Feeding
    Eyes
    Details and Thoughts
    11/29/13 – The Tommy Express
    Corrections or Patrick was Tired
    Diaper Challenges
    CHILLING AND HEATING
    Scary Times
    Feeding
    Details and Thoughts
    11/30/13 – Aunt and Uncle
    Visitors
    Clothes
    Feeding
    Details and Thoughts
    12/1/13 – Steady with a Chance of Visitors
    Potassium
    8AM Cares
    Visitors
    Feeding
    Details and Thoughts
    12/2/13 – Saving the Best
    Visit
    Breathing
    Night Visit
    Feeding
    Blood Work
    Details and Thoughts
    12/3/13 – You Look Nervous
    The Call
    Low Flow
    Feeding
    Details and Thoughts
    12/4/14 – Just Liver Damage
    Elevated Alkaline Phosphatase
    Insurance
    Breathing
    Crib Change
    Energy
    Feeding
    Details and Thoughts
    12/5/13 – Further Away, but Closer
    It’s Not 7PM
    Panda Pod
    Medical
    Feeding
    After
    Details and Thoughts
    12/6/13 – Following Up
    Feeding
    Moving Again
    8 Weeks Old
    What Happened To Me
    Details and Thoughts
    Breaking Down
    The Unit Mate
    Sailing Through
    The Stairs
    The Time Gets Longer
    Shutting Out
    The Second Night
    Laundry
    Sharing
    My Drip
    12/7/13 – Cassie’s Day
    Cassie Time
    Blood Work
    Feeding
    Details and Thoughts
    12/8/13 – Day of Voiding
    Weekend
    Play
    Breathing
    Voiding
    Feeding
    Details and Thoughts
    12/9/13 – Bottle Service
    Feeding
    Blood Work
    Room Change
    New Years
    Thriving
    Details and Thoughts
    12/10/13 – 2 Months … Oh, the details …
    2 Month Tommy
    Liver Ultrasound
    Growth Chart
    Cares
    Eye Check
    Night Time
    Details and Thoughts
    12/11/13 – Like a Champ
    Liver Test
    Cares
    Feeding
    Details and Thoughts
    12/12/13 – Guilty
    Two for One
    Noon Cares
    Feeding
    Jock No Itch
    Details and Thoughts
    12/13/13 – Big Boy
    Feeding
    Breathing
    Growth
    Cares
    Heather
    Details and Thoughts
    12/14/13 – Drifting
    Breathing
    Snow
    Feeding
    Suction
    Sins of the NICU
    Weight Time
    Details and Thoughts
    12/15/13 – Special Visitor
    My Visit
    Missy’s Visit
    Special Visit
    Details and Thoughts
    12/16/13 – Tommy the Baby
    New Residence
    Feeding
    Blessed
    Details and Thoughts
    12/17/13 – The First of Many
    Feeding
    Vaccinations
    Sounds
    Growth
    Details and Thoughts
    12/18/13 – Emotion and Logic Stumble into a NICU – One Emerges the Victor
    Blood Work
    Insurance
    Feeding
    Cute Tommy
    Details and Thoughts
    12/19/13 – Nipplegate
    Feeding
    Preparations
    Details and Thoughts
    12/20/13 – The Bump
    Things Get By
    The Bump
    The Decision
    Dr. Jung
    Let’s Get Physical
    Bump Follow-up
    Details and Thoughts
    12/21/13 – ‘ions
    Frustration
    Expiration
    Intervention
    Explosion
    Emotion
    Affection
    Confirmation
    Details and Thoughts
    12/22/13 – Massage
    Massage
    Moving Around
    More Consultation
    Feeding
    Details and Thoughts
    12/23/13 – Coalescing
    Words
    PDA
    Feeding
    Details and Thoughts
    12/24/13 – Goofing Around
    Eye Exam
    Decorations
    Goofing Around
    The Hospital Calls
    Details and Thoughts
    12/25/13 – Crossing the Important Line
    Feeding
    Care Plan
    ALL DAY
    Details and Thoughts
    12/26/13 – Checking Off
    Feeding
    Classes
    Surgery
    Sleeping
    Details and Thoughts
    12/27/13 – The First Time
    Feeding
    PDA and Heart
    Grandma and Grandpa
    Winter Baby
    Details and Thoughts
    12/28/13 – Growth
    Feeding
    Visit Time
    Heart
    Medical
    Details and Thoughts
    12/29/13 – Milk Drunk
    Feeding
    Wardrobe Malfunction
    Cuteness
    Details and Thoughts
    12/30/13 – Extraordinarily Inconceivable
    Feeding
    Surgery
    Breathing
    Dr. Maurer
    Details and Thoughts
    12/31/13 – Surgery Day
    Surgery
    Post Surgery
    Tonight
    Details and Thoughts
    1/1/14 – Reacting
    Morning Call
    What Happened
    Feeding
    Recovery
    Details and Thoughts
    1/2/14 – He Really is a Baby
    Feeding
    Looking at You
    Tonight
    Details and Thoughts
    1/3/14 – The Two Signs
    Tommy is Coming Home
    Sticking Points
    Walk In Walk Out
    Details and Thoughts
    1/4/14 – Leaving
    One Hour To Go
    We have left the hospital!
    We are Home!
    Evening at Home
    Details and Thoughts
    1/5/14 – The New Chapter
    Leaving Home
    Packing Up
    Leaving the NICU
    Home
    Night
    Today
    Shannon
    Cassie
    You All
    Glossary