I don't have much time, but have been sitting on these adorable pictures of Ethan for 2 days and needed to post them for all of you to see. When Shell and I came in on Wednesday, Tracy had Ethan dressed in a little orange onesie. He was so cute, I almost died. :)
He is officially back on track. As of yesterday, he was weighing in at 3lbs 1oz. He started his regular feedings at 3ml as of 1pm yesterday. At his 4pm feeding, he had no residual left in his tummy, which is a great sign. Keep your fingers crossed that he can keep it up! They also brought him back down to Level 1 on his air flow. Next step, good bye cannula.
We also found out that at 4lbs, he'll be taken out of his isolette and will be in just a basic basinette. If he keeps gaining weight like he is, we could possibly see this in the next 10 days I would hope. It's nice to have these milestones to look forward to. Keeps us sane and our spirits up. This would also mean that he will be easier to hold and that Auntie Shell will finally get her chance!
I just have to say that everyone has been so great over the past 10 days as we got through Ethan's infection. Thank you for all of your well wishes: the calls, emails, posts and texts. And it was nice to be able to have visitors again. Jen, Marisa and Chris all stopped by this week, and of course Shell. If you are reading this, it was great to be able to see all of you and get in a few laughs.
Off to the hospital!
As cute as naked babies are - he is quite handsome when dressed! Keep up the good work buddy!
ReplyDelete