Chris and I were with Collin this morning when the Dr's rounded. They told us that they are going to take him off the oxygen tonight and that I could start breastfeeding him and then offer the bottle to him after I feed him.
I fed him this morning at 10:30 AM and he did really well. He nursed for about 40 minutes and then had 15 ml from the bottle. I was able to feed him again at 1:30 pm and 4:30. At his 1:30 feeding he had another 15 ml from the bottle but at his 4:30 feeding he did not want the bottle at all.
He is now sleeping contently and Chris and I are in the lobby waiting to check into our room tonight and the nurses are doing shift change.
The Dr's asked us if we wanted him circumcised and said they would do that at most a day or 2 before he goes home so it will probably be tomorrow. He received his HEP B vaccination today and he cried more about having his temperature taken then he did when the nurse gave him the shot!
They asked us to bring his car seat in so that they can start putting him in his car seat and checking him out to make sure he is still breathing properly.
His temperature has been a little lower today and it seems like he has had a harder time maintaining it today. The room has been a little colder than usual though so the Dr. said that his temprature is acceptable. We have just had to keep him bundled up in his blankets and a fleece outfit today to keep him warm.
Here are a few pictures of him all bundled up!
Since moving to the Elephant pod he has been more alert and responds to our voices when we come in to see him. The room is much quieter because there are not as many alarms going off as there were when he was in the Rabbit pod because the babies in Elephant are more stable in their oxygen, respiration, and heart rate. There is, however; a very unhappy little girl, Deja Lynn, in his new room that is constantly crying and screaming. Collin opens his eyes when Deja Lynn starts crying and looks around like "What is all that noise?" and "Why is she screaming?" She has 2 swings in there and a bouncer. Mom came to visit last night and told Collin that he wasn't going to get any swings or bouncers in the NICU and that if he wanted toys he had to come home! Her pep talk seemed to work because Collin seems like he is making the progress needed for us to come home.
As I am typing this Dr. Doan just walked by and said he is going to ween Collin off the oxygen tonight for sure. We have been so impressed with Dr. Doan and Dr. Chen. They work at least 36 hour shifts when they are here and they do their official rounds in the mornings but usually stop every few hours and check in on all their patients so we usually see them several times a day.
Well, it is almost time for us to take all our bags and move back into a room so I will post another update tomorrow as soon as time allows. Hopefully I will not have time because I am hoping they will discharge him tomorrow but it may be Saturday.
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