Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Today is my first maternity day! yeah! I haven't determined when my last official day is of work yet because WHO KNOWS when Kignston will really be ready to come home, but I have started training my temporary replacement and working part time. I have been at the hospital all day and it has been lovely! Kingston has been sleeping a lot so we haven't gotten in much play time, but I've gotten to snuggle him all day and that has been nice.

I haven't written in a bit because I have been frustrated. I was hoping he would get to come home around his due date, which is Thursday, but that's not going to happen so now I'm hoping before Thanksgiving. We will see. Please DON'T ASK ME WHEN HE GETS TO COME HOME BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW and when I do get to take him home I'm sure I will let everyone know.

So here is my update on the little man today:

EYES: Still in stage 2 zone 2 ROP (retinopothy of prematurity) but regressing slowly so that is good.

BREATHING: He is doing well. They tried to ween him off Theophalin (not sure how to spell that) but he seems to need it so they gave him more and he's responded well to it. It is a medicine that helps with his lungs. It has greatly reduced the number of A's and B's he's getting. He still has some but they are not severe and usually happen around the end of his feeds.

EATING: He was doing pretty well and taking close to a full bottle at times but then he decided he didn't like the milk anymore in his mouth. It has been a slow process but we are working our way back to this. We went back to the syringes around the pacifier and he seems to like that so we reintroduced the bottle and are making a little progress. He's only taking about 5-10 ml from the bottle (He's now up to 48 mls for a full feed) but we are focusing on the experience and making sure it is positive rather than the volumes.

WEIGHT, AGE and HEIGHT: 5 lbs 15 oz, 17 inches long and ALMOST 40 weeks. (this Thursday) He is 108 days old today! (He's the OLD MAN on campus now)

Every day we thank our Heavenly Father for our sweet little miracle and pray for all the little babies in the NBICU. Thank you for all your continued support, love and prayers. We are so happy to have such wonderful people in our lives.

love, Amber