BBN is most likely coming home Thursday or Friday!!!!!!!! We can't believe it!
He has taken every bottle by mouth since yesterday and they have removed his feeding tube. He nursed for part of two feedings today. He's still not strong enough to only nurse, since that is harder than taking the bottle. So we will have to nurse him and then offer the bottle after that to let him take what he wants. It will probably continue this way for 3-4 weeks after he comes home, at which point he hopefully should be strong enough to get enough nutrition by nursing alone.
He is maintaining his body temperature well in the open crib. He didn't gain any weight last night - but he didn't lose either, which is fine for his first day in the open crib and the increased bottle feedings. Hopefully he will gain tonight.
BBN still has to pass his car seat challenge in order to be discharged - this means he has to sit up in his car seat for an hour with all of his vital signs remaining stable - sometimes it's hard for preemies to stay in this position for too long without their oxygen levels dropping (desatting). However, since he hasn't really been desatting in general, we don't expect any problems. They'll most likely try it tomorrow and see how he does.
As always, we'll keep you posted!
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congratulations!! that is so exciting!! does that mean he'll have a bris this week too?
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a great homecoming very soon! So glad to hear he's making progress.
ReplyDeleteWe hope he passes his car seat with flying colors!
ReplyDeleteI meant passes his car seat _test_ w/flying colors.
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