April 18, 2010

SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2010 12:54 AM, CDT

As of 9:00 PM, the bowel loops had resolved themselves! Also, my "little" chunker is only ONE ounce shy of the 4-pound mark!

SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2010 10:59 PM, CDT

Today was an okay day, I suppose. They moved Liam from nasal prong ventilation to CPAP. I did get to hold him, today, but only for an hour and a half because he wasn't tolerating it very well - he kept having bradycardias (heart beating too slow), though his sats were good. The bradycardias are a new thing for him. The good news is that, most of the time, he manages to keep his o2 sats up when he bradys. He also developed more big bowel loops today, but after another glycerine suppository and 4 diapers worth of poop in a 10 minute period, they were much smaller, so they're still continuing feeds at this point and the nurse is going to speak to the doctor about putting him on glycerine every 8 hours, rather than waiting til he has hasn't pooped to see if that helps ward off the bowel loops. Because of the bowel loops, I almost didn't get to hold him but because they looked better after the glycerine, they went ahead and let me cuddle with him for awhile.