Day 52

It was a good day for the little man. Another follow up x-ray looked much better so he's started back up on his feeds. He's very happy about it too because he was starting to get pretty hungry. They are starting off super small and super slow just to make sure all of the issues have resolved. He'll get 3 ml every 3 hours today. He was at 12 so it's a less than he was getting before but if he tolerates it well today, they'll start increasing again tomorrow. So far he's doing great.

The x-ray also showed some fluid in his lungs again. Since he hasn't been able to have anything by mouth, he hasn't received his diuretic for 2 days. They wanted to see how he'd do without it so they didn't start him on an IV one. Apparently he still needs it because they gave him a dose through his IV today. Hopefully it doesn't take away too much of his good weight gain...he was 2 lbs 6.3 oz today :)



We want to share just how much Nate has grown over the past 52 days. It seems slow until we look at these pictures. The first one was taken when Nate was 2 days old. The second was on Saturday.