Baby D was born 3 weeks ago on Friday! We are at day 22 in the NICU and yesterday he completed his 21 day round of antibiotics. This is great news, because he finally was able to get the very large iv out of his tiny hand. The doctors say that one less tube is one less potential cause for infection. He now just has the little tube in his mouth that he's getting his 21 cc's of breast milk every 3 hours and any other meds he might need. He's currently weighing in at 2.7 lbs...(and 10 grams) this morning.
He still has had a lot of apnea and we got a call in the middle of the night last night from the doctor. Of course, the phone ringing at 1 a.m., is pretty damn scary but the doc wanted us to know that they have switched his nose tube to one that has longer prongs going down his nose, so he can more efficiently get his room air level of oxygen. I checked in this morning, and he has done very well on it so far. This is also good news because the mask he was wearing every 6 hours was making a little indention in his nose.
Attached is a great picture of me holding him on Thursday. They keep him all bundled up in his bed, so as soon as he got on my chest, he completely stretched out and wrapped his legs around my waist like a little spider monkey.
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