Day 98

Our little boy is 7 lbs now! My how he has grown! His bottle feeds have been bumped up to 3 times a day. He had his eye exam this morning, so he was really exhausted most of the day. We tried twice to feed him and he first had no interest and then he would fight. Tonight though, he took the full bottle with John. He was a little frustrated at first, but after a few attempts he settled in. I think we just need to be persistent with him, but not forceful. The doctor also wants to start thickening his milk to see if that helps with his reflux. Hopefully he will be able to suck that down. We are keeping our heads high. He'll eventually get to go home.

Day 97

Parker had a good morning. Took a full bottle for me at noon and he chugged it! The he had a restless and fussy late afternoon. John tried giving him his bottle tonight and he took half, but was pretty fussy. I could only imagine how painful it must be for him to eat. Hopefully the meds will kick in soon. Doc said it could take 5 days to see results. Praying that it works sooner then that.

Day 96

Well, Parker has severe reflux as we suspected. He had his upper GI this afternoon. I was able to go in while they did the test, and sure enough when they turned him up came that contrast. Poor little man. That's why he hasn't wanted to eat. So he gets Zantac now and we're slowly starting him back on his bottle feeding. I fed him a bottle after his test and he drank the whole 60cc! So now we're back on track towards going home.

Day 95

Parker finally had his swallow test. No aspiration. His suck was a little weak and he had a hard time swallowing but he was able to get some down. They recommended a different nipple. We tried that this afternoon and he took a full 2oz bottle(which is his full feed). I just got done feeding Parker another bottle tonight and he took a bit over half. Slow and steady. Our sweet little turtle will win this race.

Day 94

Today was Parker's due date. So glad I didn't have to be preggers during the summer. That's why he came so early. Parker had a really good day. He wakes up when it's time for us to change his diaper and give him his feeding, and then he's out after that. I only hope he's as good for the night shift as he is for us. Tomorrow is his swallow test. Anxious to see what comes of that.

Day 93

No changes to our little man. Just anxiously waiting his test on Monday. This waiting game sucks. It's like we've been at a stand still for 3 days. Parker decided to do his own test off the oxygen during his nap. I happened to look up and see it was off his face, so I just watched the monitor and he was fine except for when he was squirming. So hopefully he won't need it when he goes home. We'll see.

Day 92

Parker is 3 months old today! Time goes by fast! But at the same time I feel like its been dragging on. Parker wasn't able to have his swallow eval today, they didn't have anyone who could do it. So hopefully it will be done on Monday. Which is fine, it's not like we're going anywhere. The only bummer is that he can't take any bottles until they do that test. They want to be sure he's not aspirating. He'll have all NG tube feedings until the test is done. Once again, the waiting game!