Little Jac has a small shunt in his heart known as Patent Duct Arteriosus (PDA).
This is not uncommon in a baby of his gestational age and is actually not uncommon in term newborns.
The doctor's performed an ultrasound of his heart on 7/16/07 and found the PDA - and it is fairly large - but it is not causing him a whole lot of problems - except that it is probably the reason that he threw Mom's milk up a few days ago.
Because of the PDA his gut (stomach) is probably not getting enough blood flow to allow him to process Mom's milk through his gut.
The doctor's will perform another ultrasound of his heart on Friday to see if the PDA has started to resolve itself. If it has they may try to feed him again. If it has not they may start some therapy to help the hole close (the therapy involves ibuprofen) or they may continue to watch it and see if it closes on its own.
The doctors are very keen to get Jac eating Mom's milk but they are being very careful to make sure that his system is ready for it.
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