Yesterday was another good day for Ethan. He is doing well breathing on his own and had only one drop in his respiratory rate, but that is only because his was lying on his stomach and he positioned his head straight down into the bed. The nurse said that when she came over to check on him, she had to laugh a little because he had both arms straight out on both sides and his face buried in the blankets. She said she picked him up and his noise was all mushed in!
Ethan is wearing clothes these days and is better able to control his own body temperature now that he's putting on more weight. The temperature setting in his isolette is at the lowest setting now and he's handling it well. Soon enough, he'll be in a bassinet. Also, Ethan's nurse noticed that he had been in the the same isolette since his birth and wanted to give him a fresh home, so now he has a shiny new isolette. Nothing fancy, just a new one, but it has more window space. Today his feedings will go up to 21 ml and he is digesting his food well enough. Hopefully we'll be able to feed him by bottle soon and get that last tube off his face!
The doctors continue to monitor his right kidney and said the latest ultrasound shows that the cyst grew from 2cm to 3cm. They say it's nothing to be concerned with and that they will just check it again month. Either way, his left kidney is working fine, I believe the nurse referred to his left kidney as working like a "Ferrari". Interesting...you can interpret that how ever you would like.
All in all, Ethan is looking much more like a little baby and we are both anxious to bring him home. Otis really wants to lick him, Nicole and I want to go into his bedroom to see him, not the hospital, and none of us want to deal with parking at the hospital anymore.
Kevin questioned why the nurse would suggest that Ethan's kidney was Italian and expensive?? Ha! He looks so cute in his little clothes:-)
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