Day 27: Another stellar day for the newest MacMurtry! He took all but his first feed by mouth today & was put on Ad-Lib feeding (baby led, where we let him wake up & give cues that hes hungry, 4 hours max between feedings.) He did great, just under or over 3 hours between & took the bottle like a champ! The feed team also upgraded him from the ultra preemie nipple (super mega slow flow) to the regular preemie with talk of another upgrade in a few days if hes still doing really well :-) he was due to have his feed tube changed today anyway, so we opted to leave it out & see what happens. Its easy enough to put back in, if needed, but so far, no reason to do so :-) He has also gotten better with his gaze being more to the center, whereas he had been deviating to the left most of the time. Hes startling more, which means hes more aware of his surroundings. All very good things & there will definitely be talk of a time frame for taking him home at the meeting on Wednesday! So were hopeful that he could be home in about a week! So exciting!!
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 01:05:53 +0000
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