Jacob has had a good weekend overall. He is improving on his feeds and taking half or more of them by bottle before we have to give the rest by NG tube. Today he had a follow-up chest Xray and it looked great, there isn't any recurrence yet of the chylothorax so that is awesome!
We increased his feeds up a little more (10% more in volume) and added some more calories, up to 27 calories/ oz (breast milk is normally 20 calories per oz) in order to help him gain weight. He still has yet to gain much weight as we are fighting a little bit with him vomiting some feeds (once a day or so) so that sets him back a bit, but is pretty normal (imagine if you had a tube down your throat, holding your flap slightly open to your stomach all the time). So we are being extra careful to help try to prevent that.
Here is a pic of him sleeping:
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| Sleeping Turtle |
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Three of his grandparents came to visit him, as well as his brother today! Ethan was scared of the hospital and I really don't think he even grasped what was going on! But everyone enjoyed seeing him and hopefully Ethan will catch on a bit!
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| With his Nana |
Jacob did gain 50 grams today, so hopefully that trend will keep up! I'm hoping we'll be out of here soon and headed home for the next part of our adventure!
Oh he is so adorable! Thanks again for the update.
ReplyDeleteGood to hear. Hopefully the reflux issue will resolve itself
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