Thursday, September 27, 2007

Thurs. Sept. 27th

Luke is continuing to do well with his bottle feedings. Jeremy feeds him at 6am and today he's almost up to 1/2 a feed, which is good progress. I nurse him once a day, he's still getting familiar with the idea, it will take some time. Right now we only do each of these things once a day, it's tiring for him and we want him to practice this, but not use too much energy practicing, so he'll build up more strength and eventually do more. His feeds with his feeding tube are doing well. He's tolerating them well. He does occasionally have a "desat" (low oxygen level) when he's at the end of his feed, since his full tummy pushes on his lungs and makes it a little difficult to take a full breath. That will change as he gets bigger, eventually there will be more room and this is nothing to worry about.
Luke had an eye exam yesterday, a follow-up to one he had a few weeks ago, he'll have another one in two more weeks to make certain they are developing well.
He has good periods of awake time, he looks around a lot and he always finds me when I am talking to him. The nurses say that good calm awake time is a good sign that his stress level is low, he's not overstimulated by his environment and most importantly that he's comfortable and content. He cries at the appropriate times (when they poke at him).
I am looking forward to seeing him tomorrow.
Melinda

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