Day 59: Mystery of a cry

When mom came to see me today, she could hear me crying from a distance. She got worried. When she came nearer she found out that bloods were being taken from me for testing. She had to wait outside for that to be finished. It seemed hours to her before she was let near me. She was told that I was settled last night with the help of paracetamol. But as mom, dad jasmine and naani visited I was again crying and complaining. Everybody had their own theory on why I was crying. Sandra said drip might be giving me pain. Dad said I have some kind of pulsating pain as I was crying with regular intervals of one minute. I would be calm for a minute and then cringe for few seconds. Tilting, paracetamol, comforting everything was tried. Then help of registrar Amit Gupta was sought and he has his own little experiment on me. As he touched my tummy I cried. I would cry hard even with the slightest touch. He then put a dummy in my mouth, which I of course took with a big thanks. Now he can put any pressure on my tummy and I wouldn't cry. That proved the theory that I was hungry and not in pain. He further told my parents that as the anti-biotics are showing their affect I was getting my appetite back. He said we preemies are not like adults whose hunger is suppressed if given fluid through IV, for us hunger overrides everything. hungry for last two days... oh mum can understand that very well as she is the one who can't even tolerate missing a single feed. So the mystery was solved.