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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Ready and waiting

We're ready for Jude. We've got his oxygen (thank goodness it's a quieter machine than Hazel's!) and his prescriptions. Now we're just waiting. He won't be coming home Friday. His weight gain for the week was far from adequate. The doctor tried increasing the calories in the breast milk today and he projectile vomited twice. Sooo, that's not an option. Now he's trying the same number of calories in the formula he was getting before (for reflux). The doctor wants to see if he can tolerate the high calories when it's in this formula rather than breast milk. So for now, he's off of mommy's milk. :( If that's what he needs to gain weight, then we're fine with that. They'll watch him Friday and Saturday and if he's doing well, he may go home Saturday or Sunday. If he doesn't tolerate the formula, I'm not sure what the next step is. We'll just wait and see.

2 comments:

christy pacanowski said...

hey guys! just got your blog address via my mom via your gram :) great to catch up on your journey. i laughed and teared up reading it. praying for your kiddos with the coolest names ever! -christy

Corinne said...

Sorry to hear the weight gain isn't what you were hoping for but glad to hear that the doctors aren't rushing him out of there before he's ready. We can't wait to have him around though! <3