Day 78

What a great day! No more oxygen for Parker. We took it off this afternoon and he's been doing very well off of it! It's so nice to be able to see my sons face! All he has now is the NG tube. We are slowly working him back to the bottle. We're not going to overwork him. Slow and steady wins the race! Parker is up to 5lbs and 3oz. Can't believe how much he has grown!

Day 77

Parker was a bit tuckered out today. He didn't want anything to do with feeding today. He just couldn't get the whole suck, swallow, breathe thing down. So he got a tube in his nose to his belly for his feeds. We keep on pushing him though and try to get him to take what he can through the bottle. His feedings were increased to 45cc every 3 hours with 24 cal fortified. He is in what they call the feeder grower stage. That means he's close to home!

Day 76

A great day for Parker! His feeds were increased to 30cc every 3 hours and 22cal fortified. He did great chugging it all on his first one! His next 2 feeds took a little more time, but he is doing so so well!! He's headed on the track towards home! His breathing has been doing great! He gets into a milk coma after he eats and occasionally desats, but only to 88 (90-98 is a normal O2 sat for him). He amazes us daily!

Day 75

Parker had a great day today! Went up on his feeds to 15cc every 3 hours. He even tried breast feeding for the first time. He wasn't quite sure about it and got really frustrated. Its a lot of work, especially when your used to the bottle being so much easier. So we just did 5 minutes of it. Figure we'll work him in nice and easy. After that he was so sleepy, I had to keep on waking him up to finish his bottle. He had another head ultrasound yesterday, and the bleeds are doing well and continuing to reabsorb. Still doing great on his 1L of oxygen. Such a champ!!

Day 74

Parker had a fabulous day! Still on 1L nasal cannula and doing fantastic with it. Discontinued his drainage tube that was going from his mouth to his belly. Started him on some pedialyte 5cc took that through the bottle and did great! He gets that two more times tonight, then they'll switch to mother's milk. He's such a good snuggler. As I was holding him today I felt a great amount of love for my little man. He is truly a blessing in our lives, and I am so grateful that he is here with us! What a miracle baby!

Day 73

Parker did very well today. Turned his nasal cannula flow down to 1L. Had some snuggle time with mom and day. Just a good day! Probably will start his feeds tomorrow. Nice and slow of course. Get his belly used to some milk again. Its so much fun watching Parker grow. He was very wide and awake a few times today. He definitely has daddy's brown eyes, and his long beautiful lashes. Why do boys always get pretty lashes? At first I thought Parker looked more like daddy, but I've gotten a few of the nurses and doctors saying he looks more like me. He's a mix of the both of us ;)

Day 72

Day 72

A wonderful day for Parker. He was extubated today and placed on 2L nasal cannula and doing great. His surgeon said he's looking great and should be pooping by the 5th day after surgery...well Parker showed him. He pooped twice today!! Been gassy and farty all day! It's one of the few times I will be excited that my son is farting and pooping. So glad to know that everything is working. He was really fussy this afternoon so I swaddled him and held him for a while. I've missed not being able to hold my boy the last 2 days. He got some well deserves snuggle time. We are so proud of our son. He constantly amazes us!