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NICU Stay & Going Home

  July 25, 2025 Sup m’nerds? Sorry, couldn’t help it; it’s an Office reference. Lol. Anyway, I know it’s been awhile so I will try to play catch up and get you all up to speed on everything Vosloo! So with my last entry, I gave you the story of Sal’s birth. Now, let’s get into the recovery phase of it, (for me), and the NICU phase of it, (for all of us). I will start by saying that the first week or so of recovery was ROUGH. It took quite awhile before I was able to get my pain to a manageable level. For at least two days, I felt like I could never get enough sleep. Idk if it was a lasting effect of the anesthesia, a trauma response for my body, a reaction to the medication I was on or what. But I just could not stay awake. I’m really thankful Chris ended up using FMLA and stayed with me instead of going back to work 5 days after Sal was born like we originally planned. It was a pretty decent walk from our room at Renucci House to the NICU, and I wasn’t able to make it there on my ...
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Baby is Here!

  July 4, 2025 Hello again friends, and Happy Independence Day! Or as I like to call it, Happy Watch Hamilton Day! 🤣 I bet you thought you’d never hear from me again. I know it’s taken me a while to get back into things, but we’ve been quite busy over here since baby’s arrival. I do plan to keep writing, but it will probably be more sporadic since I’m not holed up in the hospital anymore. lol. So I don’t overwhelm you guys, I’m going to try to break things up.  First, our little baby is here! It’s a boy, and his name is Salvator (Sal) Arnold Vosloo, and he was born at 9:05am on May 16, 2025, weighing 4lbs 130z, and I believe he was 18” long. (Don’t quote me on that, I always forget the length. lol). Anyway, he is here and both mom and baby are doing great. He actually just turned 7 weeks old today! He actually just graduated from preemie clothes to newborn clothes about two weeks ago. I never thought I would have nearly a two month old still in newborn clothes. Lol. Okay, so ...
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  Day 32 Hello friends! Today marks day 32 of my stay here at the hospital, with less than 36 hours until my surgery & baby’s delivery. I really thought I would get more nervous and more anxious as the day approaches, but I’m actually feeling mostly at peace about everything. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still nervous and I think the day of I will be big a ball of nerves that morning, but I know God’s got this, so I’m trying not to stress too much. I know there’s a lot of you out there that have been praying for us, and your prayers have definitely been heard and are working, so we really appreciate that! Today is the last “normal” day for me, as Chris will be coming up here after he gets off work tomorrow. He likely won’t be here until late in the evening, so I’ll still have the majority of the day to go about my daily routine, but of course it will be nice to have him here with me. The doctors told me they will be coming to get me bright and early Friday morning, so I’m hoping to ...
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  Day 30 Hello friends! I know it’s been a little while since I’ve done any public blog entries. I actually only made it down to the library on Monday last week, when Rachel & I met those Star Wars characters. Lol. I actually did do quite a bit of writing last week, but nearly all of it was personal. Writing is a therapeutic way for me to express my feelings. Some people like to draw, take pictures, play video games, engage in sports or working out; writing is it for me. I did used to enjoy working out when I was able; I hope to get back into that after I have been cleared after surgery. So, two big things mark today; One: today marks my 30th day here, so as of today, I have been admitted for one full month. And two: it’s baby week! We have officially reached the week where we will get to meet our last little bundle of joy. I get asked everyday how I’m doing and how I’m feeling. I think under normal circumstances, I would be more excited. But if I’m being honest with you guys, ...
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  Day 25 Hello friends. Here we are at day 25, so about 3.5 weeks since I’ve been admitted. We are down to 9 days until my scheduled delivery date. While most of you may think I would be excited, as the day nears, I’m honestly getting more and more anxious. While I am very excited to meet this baby, I am very nervous about the surgery and recovery. If you know me, you know I do not like not being in control and I hate the unknown, and that’s exactly what this entire situation is, so that’s scary for me. Honestly, yesterday was a very poor mental health day for me, which is why there was not an entry yesterday. The hospital had sent me some videos to watch about the surgery and recovery, so I watched them, thinking that me having more knowledge would be to my benefit, it only made me anxious and worry more. Between that and several other factors going on yesterday, I had a social battery of zero, (normally it’s only at like 2 anyway, lol), and I just didn’t have the mental capacity ...
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  Day 23 Hello friends! Today marks the 23rd day I’ve been admitted to the hospital. I get asked a lot if I’m going stir crazy or anything yet. Surprisingly, the answer is no! Since I’ve gotten into the habit of a routine and typically venture out of my room at least once/day, it’s not so bad. I even have the freedom to go outside if I please, so that’s really nice. I think it also helps that I made friends with my neighbor. We usually chat or hang out for a little bit everyday too, so I enjoy that. Misery loves company. 😆 Not that I’m miserable, because I’m really not. So don’t go feeling bad for me. Lol. Anway, I know I didn’t write all weekend so let’s play some catch up. There was a lot going on on Saturday! Chris had an appt at 10:00 in Battle Creek to go sign all the paperwork for our new van. We made sure he had all the docs, which included the title, and everything he needed before driving up there, as it’s about an hour and 15 min drive from our home. What we both failed ...
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  Day 20 Hello friends, and welcome to day 20 of my hospital stay. It’s hard to believe it’s been 3 weeks already. Part of me feels like I’ve been here forever, and the other part feels like it hasn’t been very long. We are down to exactly two weeks until my scheduled delivery date. I am really hoping surgery goes well and I’ll be able to meet our baby the same day they are born. I didn’t write yesterday. It was super gloomy and rainy here all day, and when the weather is like that it just makes me super unmotivated and not want to do anything, so I didn’t go downstairs to write yesterday. But, I do have some updates for you guys! So remember how I told you I was going to have dinner with my neighbor the other day, the one that’s going to take pictures? Well we did that and it was very nice. :) Her name is Rachel, and I learned that this is her first baby, so that sucks for her that she’s experiencing all these complications with their first baby. Her diagnosis is slightly differen...
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