Days 61 and 62 - Test Results

Hi folks!

Just a few quick updates on our big boy, who turned two months old yesterday!

He now gets two bottles a day, one at eight a.m. and one at eight p.m. He's done really well with his last two bottles, finishing one in fourteen minutes and the other one in ten. He's very good at burping too. It's quite easy to burp him, sometimes all we have to do is sit him up! He's quite amazing!

He's up to 40 mls of mommy's milk per feeding (which is every three hours or eight times in a twenty-four hour period)!

The preliminary results of his upper GI came back as expected, he has reflux, but no obstructions or abnormalities. They are adding an additional medicine to tighten the muscle that is loose, which is allowing the milk to go back up his esophagus. He'll continue on his other reflux medications. He did very well for us upper GI. He was awake and didn't cry. He just looked around at everything. It was done in the radiology department at Women's Hospital, it was his first real view of life outside the NICU. He had a nurse and a respiratory tech with him keeping him company as well as the radiology folks. When he went back up to the NICU, he went to sleep. What a good boy! We're so proud.

He will have another echo cardiogram on Monday. If there is any change in his pulmonary stenosis, he'll have the cardiac catheterization next week. Otherwise they'll wait a bit and just monitor him watching him for changes.

He now weighs four pounds, 6.2 ounces. He gains every day, which is a good thing.

In other news, Mommy and Daddy went back to work full time this week. We sure miss him while we're working. Daddy finished the nursery except for some finishing touches. We'll post pictures soon.

Love to all!