Brandon has been doing much better on his bigger tube. For the first couple of days he seemed to need a lot of rest but lately his oxygen needs have been dropping. He still is small but he has been growing well in the last couple of days. Two nights ago he put on a whopping 100 grams. The nurses assured us that with that much weight gain he was sure to loose a bit the next day. (Weights can vary depending on things such as when they filled a diaper last.) However, When they weighed him last night he gained another 40oz. The nurse said she stripped him down and tired it a couple of times and weighed him a couple of times because she didn’t believe it. He weighed 2 lbs. 5 oz. last night.
This news was a little concerning to us because in the past, rapid weight gain could mean that there are other problems but they assured us that everything seems good and they believe that this is legitimate weight gain.
The other part of good news is that because he seems to be doing so well, they will consider extubating him (taking from a ventilator to a C-Pap machine) as early as tomorrow. Also we both had a chance to hold Brandon yesterday for what I think is the third time. He really likes being held and it is difficult to put him down. We finally had to get kicked out because it was time for shift change.
Katelyn started learning to breast feed yesterday. Amy will be visiting her two times a day for a while. She has now tried to Breast feed several times and has met with varying success. She is easily distracted and it is hard to get her to eat the entire time. Katelyn is weighed before she eats and then again right after so that they can determine how much she has eaten. The good news is that on the attempt that seemed to be the most unsuccessful she still got about half a feeding on her own. (They then feed the rest to her through her tube). She has doubled her birth weight and now weighs 3lbs. 4 oz.
She is doing well enough that they have already contacted the pediatrician to have her come in and begin monitoring her progress. It certainly could still be a while before she goes home but this is a good indication that she is doing well. It is kind of scary to think about having her come home. I have gotten used to relying on monitors to know how well she is breathing and what her heart rate is. I think it will take a while before I don’t panic at everything without those monitors to let me know how she is doing.
I’ll get some more pictures up soon.
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