Pressing forward

Connor
Logan

Wow. These two have come a long way in their 6 weeks of life. They look like such older babies. I am astounded at how much more they look alike with each passing day.

Connor is up to a whopping 3lb 10.5 oz. He is gaining weight so fast. On the down side, due to the changes made to his oxygen, he is having to work a bit harder to maintain his blood oxygen levels. This is causing some bradycardias (heart rate drops) and desaturations. Because of this, it is interrupting his suck, swallow, breathe pattern and making him regress a bit in his nippling. This is ok though, the nurses feel that he will catch himself up soon as he learns his new responsibilities on room air.

Logan has caught himself up in the nippling department. He is finishing all but 6 cc of milk in his bottle. He has a great rhythm going once he gets his mouth open and the nipple in. Tonight he remained wide awake through the whole feed. His weight is now up to 3lb 4.7 oz. He required a little bit of oxygen support for his feed, but all in all he had no desats or bradys while feeding. He has had no more PVC's or strange arrythmias for two whole days now. His Xopenex (breathing) treatments were stopped last week, and since that change, his arrythmias have slowed then stopped. We are thankful for that. Still waiting on the official report on wether Logan will have surgery to close his PDA.

So that's all we know for now folks. Thanks for checking in on us!