As I mentioned in the other post, Jac had an ROP exam today.
This evening, Jac only managed 2ml of milk from the bottle -- most likely, he was exhausted from the ROP Exam this afternoon. For the most part, Jac spent much of the day sleeping, although at slightly elevated heart rate (in the 160's). Oh, yeah, he also spent a nice hour on mommy, having a kangaroo session this evening.
At his cares tonight, Jac was mostly calm and only threw a small fuss during his temperature measurement. He pooped just a few moments before I was going to check his diaper -- perfect timing. After the diaper change, we weighed him. He came in at 1,114 grams today; a 15 gram gain for the day.
For most young babies, 15 grams is a decent weight gain. However, Jac is still small for his age, and the NNP has reiterated the need for Jac to ingest and retain more of his calories. She thinks we may need to get him on higher level of food fortification.
Also, they are ready to dial down his air flow again. They'll lower the flow to 0.6 lpm in the morning, and then watch him to see how he's doing. They'll also take an X-ray to make sure his lungs are expanding as expected.
Before I left Jac for the night, I spent a few minutes watching him. He was not exactly alert, but his eyes were open and he was trying to look around. He also had his tongue out and would occasionally manage to get the fingers on his right hand with his mouth. It was very cute.
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