Just thought I'd pop in and let you all know that Noah is going great guns. Never needed any oxygen since birth. Is on CPAP and currently off it 4 hours twice a day. Been concentrating on getting him to full feeds which will happen on his next feed. Its 10 mls every two hours and then he has to tolerate that for 24 hours and then his central line can come out!
He was born at 750 grams then went down to 640 grams which is completely normal for a weight loss. They hope for a weight gain of 30 grams every two days which he has done so he is now 730 grams. Tomorrow fully expect him to be at his birth weight and that usually takes about 3 weeks and he's done it in almost 2!! Not bad seen as how he only started on breast milk on day 3 and only half a ml every 4 hours. When he tolerated that they increased it to 1 ml every 4 hours then to 1 ml every 2 hours, then 2 mls every 2 hours and so on and so forth. His next feed will be 10 mls!!
Everything is just wonderful at NICU and he is the smallest baby there but the least trouble. He never skips a beat! Guess i should find a new home for my updates now. I just wanted to come and thank everyone for their prayers and good wishes, seems to have worked! Kim and I are just so in love with him its not even funny.
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