I'm just a guy at a house

CanoScan N670U Windows 7 Driver

2011-10-19T00:11:00.000-05:00

I've been trying for weeks to get my Canon CanoScan N670U scanner working with Windows 7. Since there's no Windows 7 Win 7 driver for it, I tried instruction from here (http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/47041-canoscan-n670u-no-driver.html) which advised compatibility mode. I couldn't get that to work. I've also used the wonderful VueScan program at work (http://www.hamrick.com), but didn't want to buy it for home, even though I'm almost sure that spending the $40 would have solved my problem.

So, here's my solution to make the Canon CanoScan N670U scanner work with Windows 7.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IT DOWNLOAD THE CanoScan LIDE 200 DRIVER FOR WINDOWS 7 FROM http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/support/consumer/scanners/canoscan_series/canoscan_lide200#DriversAndSoftware

THAT'S IT!!!!!!! Weeks of tweaking and work, and I finally figured it out. Ahhhhh. Thanks for the no help, Canon. It would be ever so helpful if you would post that little tidbit of info on the N670U driver download page.

Cheers!

Mabinogi

2011-07-13T13:02:00.004-05:00

I'm back to playing Mabinogi, which I love.

In the game, there are several acronyms that people ask about.

S> and B> = Selling and Buying (the person either has something for sale or want to bu something)

NMO = Note Me Offers

ES = Enchant Scroll (as in Goddess ES, one of the best enchants you can get)

k = thousand (as in B> Goddess ES 500k) (Of course, no one would sell it for 500,000 gold unless they were a dope)

c/o = Current Offer (as in S> Spaika Silver Gloves c/o 1mil, which means Selling those gloves and the current offer is 1 million gold)

See you in the game!

Bren vs Chicken

2010-08-20T19:04:00.000-05:00

Celsius

2010-08-04T21:51:00.002-05:00

I tried a Celsius drink today (200mg of caffeine) and it was VILE. Friends, this crap is not worth the $1 per can I paid.

Andy clowning

2010-07-29T20:03:00.000-05:00

At Rudy's BBQ tonite, they had a lovely red wall...

ect

2010-07-26T15:42:00.001-05:00

It drives me nuts when people use ect instead of etc. Get it right,
people!!!

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Wizard101

2010-07-24T12:13:00.002-05:00

The boys just started playing Wizard101. Andy was still watching the intro movie (remember, he's barely 4 yrs old) and his first question was: "So, how do you level up your pets?" Amazing!

We are definitely a family of gamers.

Randomosity

2010-07-22T12:47:00.003-05:00

I'm sitting in the playroom at the community center while the kids take PE and Jen gabs with the other clucking chicken moms. I've read almost every word in the January 2010 issue of Wired that I got on clearance at Half-price books. This was one of the best issues I've ever read. It was all good and very intersting. There was an ad for Daemon by Daniel Suarez which I've requested from the library. I'm looking forward to reading it. Http://Thedaemon.com There was also an article about a Thorium reactor, which is a safer alternative than the standard uranium reactors e use now. There was a great article about how spectacular failures can lead to spectacular successes, and there was one about how air strikes in Afghanistan have been severely restricted. I like Wired; I may have to resubscribe. (Update: Found a coupon for $3.99 for a year. Yay!)

We took Kayley to her 2 month appointment today and she got a butt ton of shots, poor baby. She started smiling yesterday. Boys are doing well, physically. Andy has been being a real little devil lately and is making us mad at him 2-3 times a day. Gawd, I hope he grows out of that soon. Bren is doing great. He fed the baby yesterday for me and has been a really good boy lately. He's also started reading lately. He's devouring Pokemn manga from the library, and thank goodness because thy are about 7 bucks each! I hope that really springs him into reading.

We restarted the Atkins diet today with my staple of McDoubles without the bread. Last nite we went to bowl with Christopher and Charles after dinner at Cha-Cha's. Christopher had a coupon for 4 enchilada plates, 4 margaritas, and 4 sopapillas. I had shredded chicken enchiladas with a beefy sauce. I'm surprised at how wonderful that was. I usually have chickwn with green or cream sauce, but his was the bomb. The chips there are not very good, but I enjoyed everything else. We also found out abut a kids bowl free program, which I've signed us up for.

Today we are going to do major shopping: Sams, HEB, and Walmart. We need Atkins food. Haha. I've been working a lot on fixing things in Foursquare lately. I have somewhere in the neighborhood of 150 friends on there. It seems like a lot of people enter duplicate venues and it is driving me nuts. I work a lot to combine those. I even combined one that made me lose a mayorship last nite. Boo hoo. But I have to fix things. I just found the admin interface last week that lets me actually complete the merge for dupes instead of just suggest.

Finally, since my time is almost up, I should talk about my job. About every 5 years, some flippin genius decides I need to be part of the helpdesk and that time has come. I'm being moved out from under my beloved boss and put in the HD again. There are a couple silver linings tho. The title is better: Senior Technician. Also, two of my coworkers just had their positions eliminated and are gone. So I'm happy to continue havng a job. But I'm going to be out of networking and servers and Microsoft Exchange. That makes me sooooo sad. I'm doing my best to not be despondent. I'll try to keep my chin up and give it a try. I'm not going to be doing any favors for the genius whose idea it was to move me though, I'll tell you that.

Drinks

2010-07-16T11:03:00.004-05:00

WHAT kind of berry is that? LOL.

Bren at swimming 2

2010-07-16T11:01:00.000-05:00

Bren at swimming

2010-07-16T11:00:00.000-05:00

Quotes

2010-07-16T10:46:00.002-05:00

Me: Bren, aren't our pink flowers pretty?
Bren: ehhhh ummm (like he's saying I don't care)
M: Well, what color flowers do you like then?
B: Ummm, I'm not really a flower fan, dad.

Hehe, flower fan...that's something I'd say. That's ma boy!

And I just saw an ad for an $89 color laser printer and asked jen if she wanted it. She said, "No, I don't need HD printing right now."

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Bowling

2010-07-14T21:54:00.001-05:00

First game in about 12 years, and I bowled a 113. Fun times.

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Jen & appetizer

2010-07-04T21:05:00.003-05:00

The naan (or is it pita) at our new favorite restaurant - Pasha.

Zuko Shirt

2010-07-04T21:01:00.002-05:00

Cool shirt! I can't wait to the "The Last Airbender"

Avatar shirts

2010-07-04T21:01:00.000-05:00

Gotta get these shirts for the boys.

Redbox games

2010-07-04T20:58:00.000-05:00

Just saw a redbox in Austin with games! This is new. They only had 6
and 2 were the stinky Lego Harry potter, but it is progress in the
right direction! 2 dollars per nite.

4th of July

2010-07-04T19:54:00.001-05:00

Sitting here on the front couch with 3 kids watching a Capitol 4th on
PBS. Kayley sleeping. Brendan genuinely watching the program with me.
Andy running back and forth between us and "Cake-a Mania 2". All good
on the western front.

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2010-07-01T14:53:00.001-05:00

Bren said today "Hurricane, the evolved form of Thunderstorm"

Andy also tried to say Itadakimas the other day.

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J-pop

2010-06-08T09:41:00.001-05:00

"Japanese pop music is widely regarded by experts to be terrible."
From: http://www.cracked.com/article_18567_6-japanese-subcultures-that-are-insane-even-japan_p2.html#ixzz0qEPzUdox

The experts are idiots then.
From: DarrellH

Smarty

2010-06-03T10:06:00.001-05:00

The lactation consultant just told Jen "You're the most knowledgeable
mom I've met in just about ever. You know about all this stuff."

#impressed #iknewthat

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Pedi

2010-06-02T08:59:00.001-05:00

We are at Kayley's first pediatrician appt. 8:30 appts are yuck.

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Memorial Day

2010-05-31T18:32:00.000-05:00

Little K's Memorial Day outfit

Feed

2010-05-31T02:29:00.001-05:00

Oh, hello, and welcome to cafe du 3am- our fisrt wee hour wee one
feeding.

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Bren's thoughts

2010-05-31T00:41:00.001-05:00

I just asked Bren what he though of little sister and he said, "I
wonder what Oxo she's going to be?"

That's my boy!

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Twisted my arm

2010-05-30T18:39:00.001-05:00

My mom twisted my arm to take this picture.

Kitchen

2010-05-30T18:37:00.001-05:00

In the carseat on the kitchen table...

Yay

2010-05-30T18:00:00.000-05:00

She is home!

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Yay!!!!

2010-05-30T16:22:00.001-05:00

Kayley is getting ready to come home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yay!

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Never

2010-05-29T23:05:00.000-05:00

I will never never never use one of these on my kid. Never.

Midday

2010-05-29T16:35:00.001-05:00

98.1 degrees this afternoon in Kayleyville. 100% chance of a new outfit.

Just had a fairly succesfful breastfeeding with the silicone nipple
shield. And she's in her second outfit - pink with milticcolor flowers.

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Moved

2010-05-29T13:18:00.001-05:00

She's on bed 42 today.

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Oops, yesterday

2010-05-29T13:08:00.001-05:00

Down to 3 litre air flow and will drop to 2 litre at 3pm.
1 more day of antibiotics. She didn't have a crp test.
To go home, she has to have all feeds from bot or brst for 48 hours.
She's is her first outfit - rainbow heart dress

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Upd

2010-05-29T12:55:00.001-05:00

6lb 9.2 oz today
Off the nasal canula
70cc feeds every 4 hours
Moved last night to the IMC (smaller, older version of the NICU)

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Tonite

2010-05-28T20:30:00.000-05:00

I'm sleepy. I had too many cookies. Jen is about to try her 2nd or 3rd
breatfeeding. Me mom and boys ran around town today. It was fun.

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Shopping

2010-05-28T14:29:00.001-05:00

Jen is at the hospital with Kayley and me and boys have taken mom
shopping in Huebner Oaks. Bought the boys Final Fantasy Chocobo's
Dungeon and now we're in Pier 1.

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Week

2010-05-28T13:29:00.001-05:00

Kayley is now 1 week old!

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Tonite

2010-05-27T21:34:00.001-05:00

97.9 degrees and a 75 gram diaper tonite, but her weight is 6 - 8.
Lost an ounce. She's moving to bed 55, where she was a couple days ago.

She was a little peanut, but she's lost so much weight, now she's just
a pea -she lost a whole nut!

They're debating whether she is done with her antibiotics or not...

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NICU cost

2010-05-27T16:22:00.001-05:00

We were curious, so we did a little looking and found that the average cost per day of neonatal intensive care for these babies is United States: $2000 per day

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May 27 pic

2010-05-27T15:39:00.001-05:00

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The Thursday update

2010-05-27T15:31:00.001-05:00

49 gram diaper
55 ccs per feed
98.2 temp

Her leads are all goofed up today. The heart and breathing ones show
nothing...but she looks alive and well!

She's down to a 4 litre flow on her air, so that's good...we're giving
her about half a cc by mouth at nurse Lisa's suggestion. She wants her
to get a taste for milk. Smart.

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Name

2010-05-27T09:43:00.003-05:00

My friend Amy: Darrell, be honest. Did you name your daughter after a Firefly character? :)
Me: Wow. I am truly truly impressed. You pegged it. Cheers to you!
Amy: A character well worth naming after! I hope our future spaceship mechanic is getting stronger each day!

My friend Stuart (in Aussie accent): Congrats. OMG she is a Borg you will be assimilated by her Cuteness.

"Kayley is an uncommon first name for women and an equally uncommon last name for both men and women." - from some random baby name website.
"Kaylee is a very common first name for women (#1800 out of 4276)" - same site.
Meaning: Possibly Gaelic, "slender"

Weight

2010-05-26T21:43:00.001-05:00

2970 grams

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More info

2010-05-26T21:35:00.001-05:00

New weight 6lb 9oz. She had a 48 gram diaper. Wow!

And she just drank 55ccs. Wow again!

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Nightly update

2010-05-26T20:59:00.001-05:00

Our nurse tonite is Sandra. I had a 1 second panic when we came into NICU because the cowl on Kayley's bed was closed - and that ain't good. But they moved her from bed 55 to 51 and she is normal with the cowl up. Whew!

She's at ♥ 116, breathing 38, Oxygen 97 now.

We've been here an hour, but it seems our nurse is busy with many things and hasn't spent time with us. I guees jens reputation as the easy patient has gotten around...

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CRP

2010-05-26T12:38:00.001-05:00

Latest c reactive protein was 17.2 on the 24th. That's good.

That's an indicator of vascular inflamtion, but wouldn't catch lung
inflamation.

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Pic du jour

2010-05-26T12:20:00.001-05:00

The pic for today. She's off CPAP and onto nasal canula at 5litre
pressure (almost same as cpap, but more weanable, the nurse says)

Evening update

2010-05-25T21:23:00.002-05:00

She's 6lb 10oz tonight. Terry her nurse has her swaddled quite tightly...

No change that I can see, except it looks like her CPap machine is down to 21%. that's cool. Pressure is down to 4 now.

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Afternoon

2010-05-25T16:17:00.001-05:00

Jen is holding he this afternoon and she sneezed thrice. She's had
hiccups and she had a little smile today. Sooooo cute.

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May 25 Update

2010-05-25T13:33:00.001-05:00

She's okay today. Mornings usually bring some sort of bad news, but not today. Thankfully. She's stable.

6lb 11oz, heart 136, breathing 73, O2 sat 96. She's still on cpap with 22% oxygen and 5 pressure. Regular room air is 21%, so that is heartening.

Nurses today are Sue and Chloe.

We got a call from our NICU case manager, Pam Benjamin and she told Jen loads of useful info. Like, we can get a cheaper parking pass and I can stop losing my damn ticket. :) plus we got an info packet with lost if useful stuff too.

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News

2010-05-24T23:26:00.000-05:00

Kayley has gained 2oz. We're very pleased.

Jen also just finished a pumping and got 42oz. Pretty impressive.

K has Jessica to watch over her tonite; we like her.

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Evening

2010-05-24T21:10:00.001-05:00

So, we got discharged and arrived at home at 4pm. Then we went to
souper salad and met Christopher and co and ate. Now I'm in the lobby
of the hospital waiting with the boys while jen and mom visit Kayley.
Then mom will come out and I'll go in...

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Home

2010-05-24T16:55:00.001-05:00

We are home and jen is (guess what) pumping! Thanks dad for the
cinnamon rolls.

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Rain

2010-05-24T12:25:00.000-05:00

It's flippin raining cats and dogs!

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Lunch

2010-05-24T12:23:00.001-05:00

I finall get my Villa pizza for lunch!!!!!! Yum!!!

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Finance

2010-05-24T12:16:00.001-05:00

I'm atthe financial vampires office...Jen got a notice about discharge
so I just paid my $200.

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Changes

2010-05-24T11:40:00.001-05:00

Many changes today. She moved from bed 45 to 55, and the baby at 55
moved into the isolation room that she was in. Thyre closing the NICU
at 1130 (in 20 min) to do a heart surgery on another baby, so we have
to go.

So Stacy the respiratory therpist is working on here cpap nose mask
now. She took the surf ok, and hopefully it will help her. There is a
risk that the cpap will reopen the pneumothorax holes, but since her
lungs were closing up it is a risk we have to take.

Jen yelled at her mother on the phone today. Jens granparents have
been pressuring jens mom to go visit them and jen is mad because Di is
here to help us. It'll all work out, I'm sure.

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New pic

2010-05-24T11:26:00.000-05:00

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Boo hoo

2010-05-24T09:14:00.002-05:00

Well, after such a great evening last night, Kayley has regressed
overnight. She is getting another dose of surfactant right now and
will go back on the cpap machine after that. I'm really torn up
because I passed my threshold of thinking she was really doing well.
That was stupid and I usually don't let myself go that way. But she
looked so good last night and was so interactive....

Damn damn damn, why does everything have to happen at once?!?! Dr
Gallagher just came in while jen was in the shower and I cried out the
whole story to her. I'm so embarrassed. :S

Therese NICU nurse just called and said that the surf is done and
she's back on the nasal cpap. And that we could come down to see
Kayley at any time.

God, I'm ready for some breakfast

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Yawn

2010-05-24T00:22:00.000-05:00

I just saw Kayley's first yawn (that I saw at least). It was precious...

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Noms

2010-05-23T22:35:00.001-05:00

K just had her first full breast feeding and Jen is two ccs ahead! WTG
boobies!!

Jessica just turned down the lights and told Kayley "Rest and digest."

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Andy comment

2010-05-23T22:19:00.001-05:00

When Andy first came up to the hospital he hopped up on Jen's bed,
hugged her, and said "Oh my sweet mommy!!!" He really misses mom.

K just got weighed. 2980 grams tonite, or 6lb 9oz.

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Xray machine

2010-05-23T22:10:00.001-05:00

Flippin awesome mobile self-powered xray machine and slave Ryan. He
pushes buttons a follows the machine around. Truly a fabtastic machine
and a very nice guy to operate it. (poor photography by me)

Another pic

2010-05-23T21:52:00.001-05:00

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Kayley, awake

2010-05-23T21:45:00.000-05:00

Kayley is quite alert and looking around tonite. She's so pretty.

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Xray

2010-05-23T21:43:00.001-05:00

Kayley is about to get another chest xray...probably her 5th.
Neonatolagist things she might have more air outside her lungs. The
xray will show that and if it looks bad they'll put a needle or tube
in her chest wall near her armpit to draw off the air. Sounds scary,
but the neo didn't sound like it was such a big deal.

Our nurse tonite for K is Jessica, and Jen's is Susan, who she really
likes.

K is sooooo alert tonite. I got videos of her with her eyes open and
pictures, which I'll post.

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CRP

2010-05-23T16:14:00.001-05:00

Kayley's C reactive protein level went from 19 yesterday to 30 today.
This is what made them think she has an infection - normal levels are
3.5 or less.

She had a 20 cc feed just a few minutes ago and it went down great...

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Weight

2010-05-23T11:44:00.001-05:00

Her weight now is 6lb 12oz, so she's lost 5oz since Friday. They can
lose up to 10% of birthweight and still be normal (11.3oz would be 10%)

Her Feeds will go to 20 cc today.

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Photo du jour

2010-05-23T11:01:00.000-05:00

Air leak

2010-05-23T10:55:00.001-05:00

It seems that K has an air leak in her right lung. There might also be
a small tear in the left, but the xray want extremely clear. Melissa
said.

They are about to draw blood for the blood gas test.

Grandparents will come by sometime today and see her since dad is
going back home tomorrow morning.

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Maybe worse

2010-05-23T09:18:00.001-05:00

Well, this Sunday doesn't bring us great news. K is back on 100%
oxygen. The one good thing is that her head harness is off. She was
moaning and she had pulled out her tummy tube, and now she just spit
up quite a bit. Melinda nurse says the doctor is going to show us the
chest xray soon and talk about why she's back on oxygen...

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I'm running out of subject lines

2010-05-23T09:02:00.001-05:00

Had super yummy carne guisada tacos fir bfast. Am now delivering Jens
best pump so far to Kitty K- 4.5 ccs!

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Nurse Ginny

2010-05-23T08:08:00.001-05:00

Nurse Ginny returns with questions and pain medicine. I'm surprised
that they're giving her only the meds that she wants. That's cool. She
either doesn't listen well or is hard of hearing, but she's generally
good.

Also, a cool cool thing that hadn't happened before was that every
nurse carries a portable phone with an extension. We just call
directly to their "hip". Great technology!

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Good morning

2010-05-23T07:52:00.001-05:00

Jen is so sweet; she let me sleep thru the nite despite thefavt that
she could have woken me to help her. Silly gir spilled a whole cup of
water on the floor and cleaned it up herself. She also passed the 3cc
mark pumping, which is great. 3 & 2/10 total.

I sort of figured out sleeping on this goofo bed. I stuffed a pillow
down in the hole where the head pad should be (I didn't put it down
since it made the bed a bad angle) and then put my real pillow on top
of that.

Dr Satterfield from Jens OB practice just showed up and said "Hows
tour pain?" to which i could have though of all minds of amusing
responses. Hehe. She said I should call the office and talk to Dr
Gallaghers nurse about my FMLA certification. Jen has some pain and
finally some bleeding.

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What we've learned

2010-05-23T00:00:00.001-05:00

Jen just said "this gives new meaning to what preemie patents go thru
if we're having a hard time with our term baby". I have to agree. This
is tough going back and forth & up and down. I've started to recognize
some other dads in the hallway and say hi. I just waggle my fingers at
the nurse as I walk toward the NICU doors now and she opens them. Hehe.

Oh man, I somehow list my debit card tonite and security brought it to
me. Thank god for them.

One funny thing was today I got in the elevator with a spanish
speaking man and woman and he punched three then asked me "Tres?" and
I said " dos por favor". I guess my accent was good bc he smiled and
said "you speak Spanish good!" I smiled and said "just a little" and
he said "poquito". I was pleased to get the compliment. We are going
to sleep now.

Oh I can't remember if I said that we don't have to have gloves and
gowns in Ks room anymore. Yay!!!

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Nom

2010-05-22T22:50:00.001-05:00

I had lo mein, gen Joe, and sesame ck for dinner. Did I say that
already? Nom nom nom.

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NICU staff

2010-05-22T22:01:00.001-05:00

Kayley's nurse right now is Molly. She reminds me of Jen from college.
She has this cute snaggletooth thing going on and she wears a
ponytail. She's from Lubbock and she's very patient and informative. I
like these nurses that volunteer info and tell you lots of things.
She's been chatting with jen for like 15 minutes already and I think
that's therapeutic for jen. The other good thing is that she's funny
and it is really good for jen.

We also have Michelle who is friendly and talkative. She had one son
csection she said. They're all nice.

Funny how I keep forgetting I can sideways thumb type...hehe.

Another nurse was Jenny. I think she was nice, she was the first one
we had with her in NICU.

When she was first born, we had Mona and Mildred as our transition
nurses. They were great and I think that Mona was a supervisor of some
sort.

Okay jen is ready to go and Molly is laughing at me for being on my
phone, so, tata...

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Pic

2010-05-22T21:26:00.001-05:00

Kayley and her new best friend Vanilla paci. She's doing well with her
blood gasses and we're just waiting and watching for improvements.

Eyes

2010-05-22T20:42:00.001-05:00

She just got fed and her eyes are open. We ate talking to her for a
while. She's all nice and calm.

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Touch

2010-05-22T20:41:00.000-05:00

We can finally touch her without gloves. She's negative for MRSA. yay!!!

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Free

2010-05-22T16:27:00.001-05:00

I am briefly free. Resting at home. Ahhhhhhhh.

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Wear

2010-05-22T14:04:00.000-05:00

What I wear when I see Kayley in NICU

Update

2010-05-22T13:58:00.001-05:00

It looks like K has some sort of infection so she'll have to stay for
a week or so. Jen took that pretty hard, but after an hour or so she
calmed down.

I finally got out of here for a while and went to HEB for drinks and
snacks and tissues and Sudafed. It did me a world of good being out
for a while. Nfortunately the parking attendant charged me 7 bucks to
get out after 1day 3h 17min. Next time, I'm "losing" my ticket- only a
$5 fee.

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Another pic

2010-05-22T13:41:00.000-05:00

The scene in NICU..

NICU pic

2010-05-22T13:35:00.000-05:00

Jen and Kayley in the NICU. K is ok, but will probably be here a week
on antibiotics.

Feed

2010-05-22T09:43:00.000-05:00

K is getting her rotation feed. 10cc of jen.

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Breakfast time

2010-05-22T09:22:00.000-05:00

So Jen was able to get a real breakfast today, or so she thought.
When she opened it, it was 1 slice French toast and two pieces of
bacon so thin that they only had one side. Really! When she turned it
over it was imvisible!

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Chaplain

2010-05-22T08:03:00.000-05:00

Time 230p yesterday
I just met the NICU chaplain, James, and he said a prayer over her for
her good health. It was nice.

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Long day

2010-05-21T23:52:00.000-05:00

It's been a long day. Baby is improving, it seems. Mom is doing fine.

I had fried fish, macaroni n cheese, salad, clam chowder and fruit
yogurt for dinnr. Jen had the same stuff as lunch, but Somehow later
talked her nurse into bringing fruit loops and apple jacks for her,
which she scarfed down. Haha.

My parents, two boys, jens mom and aunt Cathy all came to see us
tonite at the hospital. The three grandparents each got to go see
Kayley one at a time with me and I took pics of each.

I was so tired, I showered here in theroom but neglected to see if
there was a towel first. There wasn't. I used a sheet. Hehe.

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Walk

2010-05-21T16:33:00.001-05:00

Jen about to walk down to see baby...

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Chillin

2010-05-21T15:58:00.001-05:00

Jen and I are just chillin in her room she pumping for the second time
and should be able get up and walk in a few minutes.

I had a lovely slice of mushroom pizza and a blondie for lunch. Jen
had broth and gave me her jello and didn't eat her Popsicle cup. She
fed me the tea too. I'm really coming out a winner on this deal.

As soon as Jen can walk around we are going down to see the baby, who
is in the NICU on the first floor.

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Feet

2010-05-21T13:39:00.000-05:00

All that remains of my medical garb...

Pic

2010-05-21T12:01:00.001-05:00

Here's a pic. She needs surfactant to help get her lungs up to speed,
and we 're checking her into the NICU. no worries though.

Assisting

2010-05-21T11:36:00.000-05:00

I forgot to say that the asst dr was Topher.

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Baby Stats

2010-05-21T11:19:00.001-05:00

She's 7lb 1oz, 19 in long, 36 cm head circ, lotsa hair

We are in the NICU because she needed a little Oxygen. I just spoke
with Dr Gulde and he is turning her over to the neonatologist for
continued care bc he's gonna be outta town.

I really enjoy talking with Mona our transition nurse and Mildred from
NICU.

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Time!

2010-05-21T10:00:00.001-05:00

The nurses came outta that other girls emergency csection saying "Wow
man that was intense" I think they're ok tho. It's quiet again. Wonder
why Dr Gallagher is so late?

She just got here so, it's time to go into our surgery, which I expect
will be a breeze (please). Post again after we have a baby.

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Yawn

2010-05-21T09:44:00.001-05:00

I can hear Jen laughing in there so the epidural guy must be taking it
easy on her. Haha. I'm in the little "daddy waiting area." Im sleepy.
Maybe I can take a nap here.

Wow! Busy in here all of a sudden. A laboring mom with a prolapsed
cord is going in for an emergency csection. Poor dear she's crying.
Oh. :( Hope she'll be ok.

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Anesthesia

2010-05-21T09:23:00.001-05:00

Dr no pain just went in.

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Waiting

2010-05-21T09:10:00.001-05:00

And waiting....surgery soon!

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Ready for surgery

2010-05-21T09:00:00.000-05:00