Days 10 & 11 - October 22-23, 2013

Love these little fingers!!
The last couple days continue to bring some good progress!  We did get confirmation from the doctor that the PDA had closed up and we are back on our feedings.  They feed him 6ccs  every 3 hours which comes out to a little over a teaspoon each feeding.  Even though I don't feel like my milk has fully come in at this rate I am able to keep up the supply for his demand so that is a plus!!  

He got another bath last night and weighed and we are now up to 4 pounds 5 ounces!!!  I can't believe how fast he is growing...when we first checked into the NICU they told us that we would be lucky if at 10 days Logan was back at his birth weight...instead we are now over a pound heavier!!  They did say some of this could be water weight and some of the instruments on him but I think that a lot of that has to be our little man too.  He sure looks fatter and bigger to me!  :)  

His breathing is still coming along, they are trying to slowly ween him off the ventilator but we have  a little while to go.  They said that the estimated pressure in his lungs is a little elevated but that can be a common occurance for a premature baby, so he did get another transfusion yesterday to help up the amount of blood in his system.  He was borderline on needing it but the more blood the better as that is how oxygen gets moved through your body!  We are hoping that this will progress sooner than later.  It seems like the next big step we need to tackle to continue moving forward.  

Check out all that blond hair!!
One more day down and one day closer to him coming home!!

Comments

  1. ValOctober 23, 2013 at 3:31 PM

    Looks great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  2. Denton FamilyOctober 23, 2013 at 7:13 PM

    His daddy had blond hair but not this early. Love the pictures, love the good news on Logan's progress and love that little boy.

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  3. Mary ByromOctober 24, 2013 at 7:23 AM

    It sounds like Logan is doing better and better each day. Steve and I look forward to meeting him when he comes home!

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  4. KaraOctober 24, 2013 at 1:22 PM

    That hair!! For some reason, that gave me great hope... he is doing so well and fighting so hard. Love the great news and the sweet sweet pictures.

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