New Roommate

The past two days have been good ones for the baby, as in "no news is good news", right? Adam keeps growing well, up to 4 lbs, 5.8 oz on Wednesday and 4 lbs, 6.3 oz today. The doctors stopped his caffeine on Tuesday, so now we are hoping for no heart rate drops. Monday Adam was started on a medication to help stimulate red blood cell production, and his dose of iron was increased, as he was a little anemic. The new medication might help prevent him from needing a blood transfusion. I kinda felt like this came out of nowhere but after researching, anemia is very common in premature babies for several reasons. I am just praying that the medication works and he does not need a transfusion. While I'm at it, I also hope that it works in a timely manner and does not keep him in the hospital longer. He is still doing well at eating, and now can eat by mouth as tolerated, meaning he still has the NG tube in case he needs it. Feedings are up to 36 ml each time, though he still tires pretty easily on some feedings. Temperature control has not been a big issue in his new crib, either. Today Adam is 34 weeks (gestational age).

Adam has a new roommate too - one little girl was able to go home, and his new roommate was born the day after Adam and was nearly his exact size and length. She is doing great eating from the bottle (she can gobble it up in 5 minutes!) but she still has a way to go to make 4 lbs. So its a good example for me to see how babies progress differently. Gotta run - can't wait to see his sweet face!