Hi All - It's been many days since my last post - since Thursday the 29th, so I'll try to catch you up on all of my happenings! Last week my Uncle Sanjay was here from NY and I had a good week with him... he visited me every day and took pictures of my and let me hold his hand... well, erm, his fingers as his hands are HUGE!
Thursday - Today, my Mummy gave me my first bath... what a nice thing that was! It was a sponge bath of course, but I really needed it and I loved it. Especially when she was washing my hair, I love to have my head rubbed now! I feel all happy and clean and so tonight I am sure that I will have cuddle time with Mummy like promised and that will be great for both of us!
Friday - I've been behaving myself so well during the days that I get to have DaddyKangaroo Care tonight. I'm really happy about that! I haven't gained any more weight, but I have really begun to poo like a champ! The doctors and nurses are quite impressed with me ;-) They have still been increasing my feedings and my calories, and I am tolerating that just fine. I am a product of my parents after all, and I love the food.
Saturday - My blood gases are lower than they have ever been and they have decided to lower the amount of help that the ventilator is giving me to see how that goes for me. My Mummy and Daddy are thrilled to hear this, but time will only tell if it is a good thing or not for me. I'm feeling happy and good today though, and that means that I get to have time with my Mummy tonight. Still no more weight gain today, but it's not something to worry about.
Sunday - I'm holding my own with this ventilator, but it is harder than it was before and I am starting to get more tired - I suppose I will know better how I feel about this whole adjustment they made later on today or maybe tomorrow. I gained some weight and now I am 2 lbs 15.5 ozs....just 1/2 oz from the big 3 lb mark. We can hardly believe it. I am happy that Mummy and Daddy came early this morning and were reading their paper and stuff like that here. I like to hear their voices in my room and my oxygen saturation level is ALWAYS higher when they are here with me. :-D
Monday - I am 3 weeks old today & I DID IT... I DID IT..... I weigh 3 lbs, 1.5 ozs today! FINALLY all that eating is paying off. They have moved my feedings up to 27 cc's and 24 calories per feeding, still every 3 hours! I EAT A LOT!! Although I am eating good and gaining weight, I don't feel much like being touched today. This morning it was good with me, but by afternoon I had pretty much had enough of it all. I felt bad that Mummy didn't get to cuddle me, but sometimes a little boy just needs some time to rest and grow... I know she understands cuz she loves me so much!
Tuesday - Today I weigh a HUGE 3 lbs 3 ozs, and I AM A BIG BOY!!!! My Mummy and Daddy are very happpy with this gain, as are my nurses and doctors. I have to admit that I'm not very tolerant of being touched again today. It happens sometimes - maybe it is just the pooey weather we're having this morning and I'll be happier later on today, only time will tell on that. The Dr's and nurses changed my ventilator settings again, it was just too low for me right now, and I had several issues yesterday and last night with not wanting to breath and having some bad de-saturation. So better safe than sorry, and they upped my settings again. It's OK though cuz I'm still pretty small and young. I'm developmentally still only equal to 31 weeks and 5 days so I have time.
More later.
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