Last night Greg and I had a slight scare. The nurse found a little bit of blood in Alexander's feeding residuals. The nurse called the nurse practitioner and although he appeared okay, they did an abdominal x-ray on him. The x-ray did not indicate a problem, but they are keeping an eye on it. Hopefully it is just a one time incident caused by irritation from the nasal gastric tube.
The babies both had their eye exam this week. Because of their prematurity, they are at a higher risk for retinopathy. There are various stages of progression with zero being the lowest. The doctor said that most babies born when Alexander and Isabel were will at least be stage 1, but they were stage zero! So happy!
Alexander currently weighs 5 lbs 2 oz and Isabel is 4 lbs 5 oz. They are really starting to fill out :)
Susan
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Excited about the eye exams and the weight gain! We will just pray about the other issue! Give those sweet babies an extra squeeze from the Kowalski's! Love you!
ReplyDelete5# 2oz!!! What a chunk! Alexander is almost the size of a full term baby. I'm sure he did just have a little irritation from the NGT. Glad the eye exams went well and both are continuing to progress. You should rest up. You're going to have those babies home in no time!!!
ReplyDeleteGood news about the eye exam results - no ROP!!! Your two chunky monkeys are doing really well. Way to grow!
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