Well Greyson weighed in at a whopping 800 grams today! That is 1 pound 12 ounces if you need the conversion. 110 more grams and he will be 2 pounds! To put that in perspective he gained more than that this last week, so in another week……………………well I guess we’ll have to wait and see.
They messed with his vent some today cause his blood gas was creeping up again and when they retested him he was being overventalated (numbers were to good). So they made another change and things look better. He is up to 4ml an hour of enhanced breast milk (they put extra stuff in it to give it more calories). Tomorrow he will be at 4.5ml, which I said would be his top but they said today they would go up to 5ml an hour. The also told us that as of tomorrow he will only be getting nutrition through his feeding tube, no more IV nutrition! This is a big step and will lead to his PIC line coming out (the IV type line that is more permanent and is used to give him his IV and all his meds). Starting tomorrow everything except blood transufsions should be administered through the feeding tube. Again this is a huge step and we are certain he will love having the PIC line out of his arm. Soon he will have both arms completely free to wave around!
He had some goobers behind his right ear today so we will keep an eye on that. We heard it was looking better already by the time we left.
He continues to poop on his own (no suppositories needed for awhile now) which is great because they said these little guys can develop a need for them if they have to use them a lot, which they often do in babies this young.
It was a good day today and Greyson looked really good. He is a bit anxious for his Aunts to come visit, but I think they are just as anxious to see him. He says hi to you all