Things are still good with our little peanut. Right now Collin is snuggled up to his momma for some nice kangaroo time. His head has not gone up in circumference which means still no swelling. The doctors are going to do another ultrasound at some point this week and possibly a CT scan to get a better idea of how his brain is doing. Collin is still having a hard time tolerating long periods of being handled. His tolerance for this was much higher before he got sick, so now he gets cranky faster. Sometimes when we flip him over or move him to kangaroo his heart rate drops and we need to give him a second to get comfortable again. This is normal with little little babies. His feeding have been upped to 4.5 ml every 3 hours! He's a little piggy boy. He's been doing pretty well breathing, but no immediate plans to take him off of the vent. The focus is still getting him off of IV fluids and just on breast milk so he can grow more. Collin tried his first binky and he did great with it (thanks nurse Jane for insisting he needed a binky!) It even looks like he's starting to root already which is great. The nurses say his blood gases keep coming back great so his blood is still oxygenating very well. And his most recent blood cultures for infection are still negative. Thats all for now. Here's the video of Collin trying his pacifier for the first time!!! Sorry it's dark..we try not to have lights on too often because his eyes are still very sensitive while developing.
loved seeing my little Deedoo today, I love him so much my heart might burst. He's such a beautiful miracle and I am so thankful for the gift that he is! Great see you both too & having supper together, I still am so proud of what a geat job you are doing, some people would have crumbled under the stress, but you two are showing Collin true strength & unconditional love and that will sustain him! Love you guys xoxo
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