Happy New Year! Today certainly did not feel like a holiday to us! We came home from the hospital yesterday late afternoon. We gave him his 4pm bottle and then went to pick up Layla and came home! Last night he weighed 5 lbs 4 oz and last night they also took him off of his IV since he now is drinking enough milk. He is also in an open crib now. It took Layla a couple of weeks to get to an open crib so he's making good progress--it's amazing what a difference a few weeks can make in a preemie! He is now up to about 40mL per feeding and they will add 3 oz/feeding every other feeding until he reaches 48. He's been struggling with his feedings a bit--he takes it in too fast and forgets to breath so he desats and then tires out and has to have the rest of his feeding gavashed/tube fed. We're probably going to switch to different bottles soon so maybe that will help him not get so much milk all at once. Hopefully that will help him with his feeding issues! We'll be switching to Dr. Brown's which is what Layla had at DeVos.
His first visitor on his birthday was his sissy of course:). She was staying at Em and Mike's so Em and Gavin brought her to see him that morning. Here's Joe, Gavin and Layla chillin' in the hospital room watching Elmo...
His first visitor on his birthday was his sissy of course:). She was staying at Em and Mike's so Em and Gavin brought her to see him that morning. Here's Joe, Gavin and Layla chillin' in the hospital room watching Elmo...
Auntie Em and Gibs...
She totally doesn't understand that this little baby will be coming home with us...all she said was "baby", "hi", and of course "pipe":). Uh-oh, she's eyeing his already...and the baby's pipe in the bed next to him.
Only kids under 12 are allowed in if they're siblings so Gavin had to peak through the window...
Lindsey and Darrell visiting...
Joe's mom, sister and me on his birthday...
Joe's dad has a slight cold, so he has just peaked through the window. Joyce has also been fighting a cold so she also just looked through the window. Unfortunately we didn't get a pic of my dad and Joyce visiting.
Steve and Heidi waiting their turn to see him in the hallway...
This is from today...sporting his new camo outfit...
Layla stopped by with Joe's family today (they were baby-sitting so we could spend the afternoon and evening with him)...we asked her if she wanted Gibson to come home with her and she said "no" :). We could be in trouble!
Layla stopped by with Joe's family today (they were baby-sitting so we could spend the afternoon and evening with him)...we asked her if she wanted Gibson to come home with her and she said "no" :). We could be in trouble!
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I'm glad you explained what gavage means since you wrote that in your email and I thought it was a typo! :) Glad to hear he's progressing quickly! Hopefully he can come home soon and Layla won't steal his pipe:) She's pretty good about knowing which one's hers - she does bring Jonathan's to him, with a little nibble first herself:)
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