Today Mason is 5 months old. He is growing up (even though he is still only 1 month adjusted). He is doing excellent. Labs were great and they pulled his PICC line because he no longer needs it. He is taking all of his medicine by his g tube and today he took his first bottle. He did great and they said that he could have 2 a day 5 cc full and speech was supposed to evaluate today but she ran out of time. She said just to watch for signs of aspiration (like gagging, eyes watering, etc.). Below is a video of his first bottle:
Mommy and Daddy got to feed me my 2 bottles today!
He is doing so good! Today they weaned him down to .9 liters of oxygen and he is still requiring around 25% which is minimal. He is becoming bossy and will let you know when he is NOT happy! I do believe he is wanting to come home. We are so thankful he is doing so well! Looks like we better be getting things together because it may not be too much longer before we are bring this boy home!
Mason is trying to disguise himself so he can sneak out of the NICU.
This is such amazing news!! I am so happy for you and your family. I love hearing good news about sweet little Mason. I hope you get to bring him home soon.
great post. it's the little things, right? :) i had to turn up the sound to hear the NICU noise. that beeping brings back a ton of memories. he's almost there mama, almost there.
Wow...isn't that just AMAZING!? God is so good...
ReplyDeleteThis is such amazing news!! I am so happy for you and your family. I love hearing good news about sweet little Mason. I hope you get to bring him home soon.
ReplyDeletegreat post. it's the little things, right? :) i had to turn up the sound to hear the NICU noise. that beeping brings back a ton of memories. he's almost there mama, almost there.
ReplyDeleteTears of joy! God is so good. Seeing a baby take a bottle has never been so heartwarming.
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