Brock is ready to hunt!
Isn't he cuteWell both boys were 4 pounds, 12 oz today. It is a large gain for both but we were warned that much of Christian's might be the blood he received so he might go back down some tonight. Christian is still on CPAP and seems to be doing well. We have a couple of items that we would like everyone to pray for our little guys today. 1. Christian to have his lungs grow and developer. 2. Christian has a brain scan in about a week to check for any damage during his illness... we pray this is totally normal and he has no damage and lastly pray for feedings on both by boys to be successful and for them to keep growing big and strong. Christian is eating 12cc's every three hours and seems to be tolerating it well. We are not able to dress Christian right now since the nurses need to look at his lungs while he breathes... so no photos of hunting gear for him today.
Brock is doing well on his feedings. He is eating 42cc's and the nurses put about 50-55 in his bottle to see if he is still hungry at the end of 42. Yesterday he and I had another "attempt" at breastfeeding... wow, it is hard! Both of us seem a little frustrated, but I am not one to give up so easily! We will keep trying once a day and he gets two bottles a day. Yesterday I was able to give him a bottle after our attempt and he took down the whole thing! He is a great little eater :) Dr. Green started talking about his steps to come home which is a great sign. He needs to take down all 8 bottles a day and have no brady episodes for 5 days.... we will have a ways to go but the end of the road is near. We have two pictures of him in his hunting gear above.
Thank you all for the prayers, please keep them coming for our boys, especially little Christian.
You are doing such a great job as a super mom to two lucky preemies! I am so impressed and inspired that you've kept up with pumping and that you're working on introducing breastfeeding. I think it's hard with my one preemie infant, and he just started catching on last week at 2 months old.
ReplyDeleteI really am impressed at how well they're doing and at how well you're caring for them. We keep your family in our prayers. Our 2 year old (and former NICUE preemie) asks to see the boys whenever she sees me checking the internet from my phone.
It may be hard to imagine now, but time in the NICU will actually come to an end eventually. Before you know it, both boys will be raiding the fridge in their hunting gear.
Lena