Two Weeks Old

Jack turned 2 weeks old today. Over the last day he lost 10 grams, so he's now at 1020 grams, but they still consider him 2 lbs 4 oz (we like to round up). We had figured he would lose more than that with all the stress and activity he had yesterday. We haven't heard anything back from his EKG, but his heart rate has leveled out to a nice calm number. His oxygen level on the SiPAP is down to 21% we are thrilled about that, also that pressure to keep his lungs inflated has been decreased. He had a very calm day and per his nurse he was behaving all day long.

Again they increased his feeding amount, he's now at 9.5ml and slowly being weened off of his IV nutrients. Soon he could be on purely mommy's milk. He's also digesting everything well, as evident by the 2 diapers he demolished (one right after the other) that Mary got to change...hahahahaha. Hopefully Jack got alot of rest today and he's getting bigger and stronger.

Tonight we are back at the homestead again. Dogs were very happy to see us, but they quickly lost interest.

1000 grams...hooray!!

Well, today Jack is 12 days old. He has gained 20 grams since yesterday. Technically he is still 2 lbs 3oz, since they were rounding up when he was at 980 grams. He did good overnight and stayed stable. The doctor has again increased his feedings to 6ml. Also, good news came back regarding his blood culture. Nothing was found to indicate anything was wrong. He is being given some antibiotics though. The gunk around his eyes and mouth are clearing up and he is looking alot better. At the first care time this morning his heart rate was a little high, thought are that it's possibly because he is too hot. When we came back later his heart rate had gone back down, and it was steady so we were glad to see that.

Around lunchtime Jack got his tiny footprints taken. By accident the nurse used the wrong side of the ink pad, and his feet looked like they were tattooed. That mess got all cleaned up without further incident and we got a nice set of foot prints. The nurse he had today made him a rather fancy name card for his sleep chamber. Jack thinks it's pretty cool, it has robots and his name in big letters on it.

On his last visit the nurse told us that Jack's oxygen levels had been nice and low all afternoon. Right around 21 percent, which is what most people on Earth breath. He also had a nice big poopy diaper that he decided he would save for my turn to change him. I have to say it's very nice to have a couple good days back to back.