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I'm so sorry, mama! It is so tough to see your LO upset and not be able to make it all better, especially when they are so tiny. My LO had an extended nicu stay and there were definitely a few times I just could not be there while they did things. I hope she is ok now!

My LO1 was just in the NICU for a few days, but he was admitted after being discharged initially, so a team of non-NICU nurses tried to insert an IV into his tiny dehydrated little veins for an hour before his own nurses arrived. That hour - where he screamed bloody murder the whole time, and I couldn't hold him or comfort him but I also couldn't step away because I didn't yet know what was going on - was far and away the worst of my life. I knew he would be okay, but it was such a helpless feeling that just put my heart in my stomach. I'm so, so sorry you're going through this. It's so much harder on the parents, I think, because we remember and we're unable to help these little helpless babies. She won't remember a thing. Huge hugs, mama.

@Torchwood: hugs, mama! It is, indeed, SO hard to see our LOs upset & what kills me is that "tongue flutter" cry my DD does. She had to have a nose tube run into each nostril on her 1mo bday & she screamed & cried & made herself gasp for breath MORE, which is what I had her in for. I felt terrible, but relieved her sinuses were clear. When she panics because she can't breathe well it just breaks my heart, because she doesn't understand.

Hoping your sweet baby continues to improve & can go home soon!

Hugs mama. It must be so hard to watch. I'm glad she's doing so well and hope she can be home with you soon

I'm sorry. I never had to deal with the NICU but having a baby that cried and couldn't be soothed was so tough for me. I hope she is home soon!

It is a good idea to leave during difficult procedures like blood draws and Tube insertions, but even so, I often stayed so I could comfort him right after. Like I said before, it's the little things that really get you...like for me it was the tape. He had all kinds of ivs and stuff and I just couldn't handle the tape on his face! Hopefully you'll be out soon. The last phase was actually the hardest for us. I knew he could be home but he just wouldn't eat enough. Wishing you luck!