First Milestone Reached

Jack had a nice day today. He reached the 5 pound mark today, that is the first hurdle towards coming home. He has been doing well since they switched him over to his new oxygen set up. He's now set at 1 liter per minute and he's been holding his levels pretty steady. Last night he got to have part of a feeding from a bottle. The nurse said that he did very well. He had a little trouble burping but he made it just fine. The doctor has said he want the therapist to check him out before he gets the OK to start full time on the bottle, so we will wait until the beginning of the week to see what happens. The heat has been turned off completely on his isolette and he is maintaining his body temperature nicely. With that step done he will probably be moved over to a regular crib (another step towards going home).

Jack had another nice day, we want them to stay this way. Hopefully he can get bigger and strong enough to make it home with in the next 2-3 weeks.

....and Going, and Going, and Going....

Well folks, another late post. We are back at the house for the night resting and getting things washed. Now that Jack can wear clothes we need to wash a load every few nights along with his isolette blankets. Jack had another huge weight gain yesterday. The nurses told us that he is now up to 4 lbs 12 oz (maybe he hadn't pooed yet when they weighed him). We hope that it's his true weight and he'll gain some more today. We'll get him plumped up before he comes home. The doctor increased his feedings to 40 ml, and have decreased the oxygen flow on his vapotherm machine to 2 liters per minute. Hopefulle he keeps up the good work and doesn't have any problems or repeats of last Monday's incident.

Other than that, nothing much is new. Mary and I each hold him once a day and it's so great that he is getting big enough to interact with. It's also nice to see that his eyes seem to move around with purpose now and not just randomly moving around.