Dear Samuel,
What a HUGE day you had! From our perspective, two really BIG milestones.
1. BM (Poop for the layperson)
The doctors were beginning to get concerned that you had not a BM yet and upped your suppositories to try and help things along. Well, apparently it worked because your nurse said it was a pretty big one.
2. Weight
At your weigh-in this morning at 2:00 a.m. you were back to your birth weight of 1 pound 6.2 ounces!
I think both of these milestones may have something to do with the fact that you are now receiving 5 ccs (milliliters) of breastmilk every 3 hours (up from 3 ccs).
We did have a Scare today too. This morning as the radiologist was reading your X-ray, they called up to the NICU nurses to alert them that they saw something in your lungs and that it was possible that lung could collapse. As soon as that happened your vitals started to drop. The nurses started suctioning some "gunk" out of your lungs, moved you around to get some further X-rays and started prepping to put in a chest tube. As the new X-rays were being looked at by the radiologist they weren't able to see the gunk in your lungs anymore. As the day wore on the nurses left the equipment for the chest tube in your room to ward off any "evil spirits" and so far it seems to have worked. They also started some Chest PT (essentially a little massager/vibrator) to break up the gunk in your lungs. Ever since that little scare this morning, your vital stats have been great and you have been resting for most of the day.
Here's a picture of when your Mom and I came to visit tonight.
Never thought I would be so happy for someone to poop, but I guess that's what happens when you become a parent. Sam, we are so excited and proud to be your parents and looking forward to the journey ahead. You have defied the odds so far, let's keep it going.
Love,
Mom and Dad
What a HUGE day you had! From our perspective, two really BIG milestones.
1. BM (Poop for the layperson)
The doctors were beginning to get concerned that you had not a BM yet and upped your suppositories to try and help things along. Well, apparently it worked because your nurse said it was a pretty big one.
2. Weight
At your weigh-in this morning at 2:00 a.m. you were back to your birth weight of 1 pound 6.2 ounces!
I think both of these milestones may have something to do with the fact that you are now receiving 5 ccs (milliliters) of breastmilk every 3 hours (up from 3 ccs).
We did have a Scare today too. This morning as the radiologist was reading your X-ray, they called up to the NICU nurses to alert them that they saw something in your lungs and that it was possible that lung could collapse. As soon as that happened your vitals started to drop. The nurses started suctioning some "gunk" out of your lungs, moved you around to get some further X-rays and started prepping to put in a chest tube. As the new X-rays were being looked at by the radiologist they weren't able to see the gunk in your lungs anymore. As the day wore on the nurses left the equipment for the chest tube in your room to ward off any "evil spirits" and so far it seems to have worked. They also started some Chest PT (essentially a little massager/vibrator) to break up the gunk in your lungs. Ever since that little scare this morning, your vital stats have been great and you have been resting for most of the day.
Here's a picture of when your Mom and I came to visit tonight.
Never thought I would be so happy for someone to poop, but I guess that's what happens when you become a parent. Sam, we are so excited and proud to be your parents and looking forward to the journey ahead. You have defied the odds so far, let's keep it going.
Love,
Mom and Dad
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