9-18-10

Guess what... the NG (the feeding tube in his nose) came out today!!!! And it was on purpose too that it came out for once. My little man is a little piggy. Last night at midnight he wasn't satisified with his 58ml of milk so the nurse got him more. The nurse practioner then decided that he could try eating on demand last night as long as he ate 140ml every 8 hours. He ate that and more. Today he also did great and ate more than the 140ml each 8 hours. Oliver now wakes up and fusses about every 2.5-4 hours and wants to eat and eats around 50-70ml each time. He's doing really great. He now broke the 6 pound mark and weighs 6 lbs 1.5 oz. Oliver is so impatient to start eating that he cannot wait when breastfeeding and gets upset waiting for my milk to "let down." So, we've had to bottle feed most of today which doesn't bother me a whole lot because he is still getting my milk and all the good benefits of breastmilk.

The preliminary result of the MRI showed a normal brain/head scan. We should know the final report tomorrow. Their explaination for the enlarged spleen and liver was from the suspected infection he had at birth causing his bone marrow to stop producing blood products. They also decreased the morphine to every 12 hours today. They plan on doing the room air trial off the oxygen tomorrow so we should know if he will need oxygen when he goes home if he doesn't tolerate the room air well. With his eating taking off we're hoping that maybe we won't have to wait until Friday for discharge.

Shawn and I gave Oliver a bath again today and Shawn got to give him a bottle and change his diaper many times. My parents came to visit and got to change his diaper, and help feed him as well. My Aunt Karla and cousins Kris and Kari also stopped by on their way back from Des Moines. We'll keep everyone posted on discharge as we know more.