Connor at home

Here is our big boy home with us. Trevor is smitten and so excited to have him home. Connor is adjusting well to being home. Just before discharge his weight was six pounds even. He is taking all 50 cc every 3 hours. We have him on his NICU feeding schedule and it is workign well (except can you say NO SLEEP). Took him to the pediatrician today as he hasnt pooped for almost 48 hours now. He is likely constipated from the formula and vitamins with iron in them. He has pushed a small loop of intestines through his right scrotum (inguinal hernia) and has accumulated fluid (hydrocele) there too. We are consulting with a surgeon on Tuesday April 11th. Also, we were going to have the Dr in the NICU tie off his extra thumb so it would fall off, but we did a follow-up Xray and there is a piece of bone in there, so the surgeon will address that as well. He did not need a circumcision as he was naturally circed (born with very little foreskin), so he avoided one other surgery. He has a slew of follow-ups and it appears that his VSDs (ventricular septal defects) have healed on their own since his murmur is gone. He will see the cardiologist in May. He came home on an apnea monitor, but the only time it sounds is when the leads fall off. He has had no bradycardias with his feeds since we have been home. Things are going well with him. Trevor has lent him "baby Ryan" so he doesnt miss Logan.

I went up to visit Logan tonight and he looked well. Tomorrow he has yet another echocardiogram to look at that PDA and ASD and 2VSD's. Tomorrow's results will give us a better picture of how long he has left in the NICU. If they go ahead and do the surgery to close the PDA, then he will get transferred to Lutheran NICU. This saddens us as we are very fond of our nurses. He would miss them terribly. He is continuing to slowly put on the weight. His last weight was 5lb 3 oz. He has quite the cheeks on him.