Jac eating with Daddy
Our little Jacie (pronounced Jackie) boy is doing well.
We had a Care Conference on Friday to talk about how things are going and what the end game to get home is.
The following things need to happen before we can go home:
- Jac needs to eat all of his food from the bottle or from the breast (but breastfeeding much by the time we go home is very unlikely - this is something we will work on with the help of the lactation consultants after we go home). After he starts getting most of his feedings from the bottle they will take his gavage tube out - which should help with his reflux as the NG tube is holding the sphincter at the top of his stomach open which exacerbates the reflux.
- He needs to continue to gain weight. Yesterday he gained another 28 grams - to a grand total of 1524 grams (3.36 pounds). He will need to continue to gain weight when he comes home. When we initially go home he will probably be weighed every week.
- He needs to pass a car seat challenge test. This means that he needs to be in a car seat for an hour and not drop his sats. Initially he will probably use a car bed rather than a car seat because he is so small. We will rent a car bed and then get him a car seat when he gets closer to 4.5 or 5 pounds.
The doctor thinks that he is about 2 weeks from going home! In the past 24 hours he took 38% of his feeds from the bottle!
too cute! glad to hear of all the progress he's making :)
ReplyDeleteWoo hoo! :)
ReplyDeleteYou are really getting close now. Congratulations. You will get there. You are in my thoughts and prayers every day. Karen Bristing
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for keeping up this site. I check Jac's progress frequently! I am very proud of him and of both of you. He is just adorable!
ReplyDeleteVery exciting to think of Jac coming home!
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