Still moving along

Mason is still doing great on Sipap thank goodness! I got to hold him for a long time today without having to worry about his tube being taped to me. It was nice to be free! We are so thankful to have jumped over this hurdle for now. In other news, Mason had another eye exam this week and there is cause for concern. After the exam he said he wanted someone else to look at him so that he could have a second opinion. Mason is at a very high risk for retinopathy of prematurity which is where the retina is less developed and only partially covered by blood vessels. Because he has been getting supplemental oxygen since birth, this can cause damage to the rest of the partially formed blood vessels and if not treated can lead to blindness. The other dr. is coming tomorrow morning so we should get more information after that. I pray that we will not have to have laser surgery but thankfully they do have a treatment.
Mason's platelets had dropped some today and they will check them again. There were also several "bands" presents which are young white blood cells which could point to an infection brewing. I am praying that he does not have another infection since he is on a heavy duty antibiotic. All of his other labwork looked great. They continue to monitor his head. He will have his cranial ultrasound tomorrow but it seems that his fluid has moved to one specific place on his head which is strange. Neurosurgery continues to follow him but he seems to be doing ok for now. They do think his weight is appropriate for now and he just has a little bit of fluid still left so right now he is weighing in at 3 lbs. 6 oz. They started him back on his daily diuretics and increased his feeds to 3.3. He still has a lot going on for sure but we are thankful for his progress so far!