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Friday, May 7, 2010

Sorry no update in awhile - haven't had much time. Things are going well with Liam. He is still clinging to the last little whiff of oxygen they're giving him and has failed several trial runs without it. He is up to 5 pounds, 9 ounces - still no weight gain issues. The only thing standing between us and the door out of the NICU is feedings. He is being excessively slow with this. It is somewhat expected, though...but they're wanting him to have made more progress by now. He absolutely will not wake up to eat. They've checked a head ultrasound, thyroid levels, and phenobarb levels which were all normal. He just sleeps right through feedings. He did take 23 cc for me today (which is a little over half what he should be taking). At one feeding, he was so conked out - we tried tickling his feet, belly, and face, sitting him upright, moving him, changing his diaper, taking his temperature, and wiping his face and head with a cool wet rag - to no avail. He ended up having all but 5 cc gavage fed to him. So, that's where we are! I think we'll be home in the next week or two, provided nothing happens between now and then! Exciting and scary!

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