A Little Lighter

Today Jack weighed in at 2 lbs 1 oz (940 grams). It was down about 1 oz or 30 grams from yesterday. They think it was possibly due to all his excitement yesterday, and burning too many calories. So, we are going to wait until he gets a little bigger before we try to kangaroo it up again. But, Mary was very happy that she got to hold him yesterday. The doctor came in and told us that his sugar and sodium levels were right on the line for it to be considered high. So, they will adjust all of his IV/nutrients mix and it should bring it back under control.

Last night when we went in for his 9:30pm care time, he had a feeding in his tummy that he rejected. They decided to discard that feeding and try a new one. Good news, this morning we got positive reports that he digested all his feeding overnight, and he didn't have any issues all day. They also increased his feedings from 1ml to 2ml.
He was also taken off of phototherapy again. His bilirubin levels had come back down (but it is common for them to fluctuate). There has been talk of moving him from his CPAP machine over to a vapotherm machine (which is a step in the right direction). That would be at least 2 to 3 days away.

At his 3:30pm care time Jack's oxygen levels were up a little bit, still in the good range, but up from where he has been. Hopefully he was just having a tired/lazy day after all the excitement from yesterday. We are back at home for the night to reload and recharge, then tomorrow back to the trailer for the night.