Day 12 - Snuggle Fest of the Year
Day 12 – Saturday, July 29, 2017
AGE: 1 week, 4 days (26 weeks, 2 days gestation)
Lochlan: Weight isoz. (Birth weight: 1 lb 10.8 oz.)
Length in. (Birth Length 13 in.)
Lex: Weight is oz. (Birth weight: 1 lb 10.8 oz.)
Length is in. (Birth length: 13 in.)
Both boys are getting stable enough to do kangaroo care. Benefits of the skin time include: heart rate stabilization, breathing regulation, improved O2 levels, more/better sleep, rapid weight gain and more. I have gotten to hold Lex once for 1 hour and Loch once for 1.25 hours. I'm still healing from surgery so I can't do the full 3 hours yet, but will soon enough. Kyle is doing his first skin time with Lex now and has almost hit the 2 hour mark. They are both in heaven, especially Kyle.
Lex is officially over his birth weight weigh in 1 lb 11.9 oz. birth weight was 1 lb 11.6 oz. this is very exciting. We learned Lex has very limited bleeding in his brain that will likely resolve itself in its own. His PDA (unclosed heart valve) is still large and the doctors want to switch him from the Tylenol to the Ibuprofen therapy because it's a little stronger but has more risks. He underwent two rounds of Tylenol. He won't be able to take feeds while on the ibuprofen so he will need to get a PICC line in which is how he will revive his nutrients and fluids while in ibuprofen. The good news is he is eating a lot so he will be all stocked up on food before being taken off of the feeds. Lex started to open his eyes which is incredible to see. In the womb, baby’s eyes are fused until 24 weeks or so. I look forward to more universe gazing in his eyes.
Lochlan is doing well. He has had digestions issues, but the doctors are now feeding him slow and steady which seems to have helped ease his little stomach. Lochlan likes to be left alone and gets feisty when doctors
Move him for care. He was very docile in the womb too, I guess, like his other, he enjoys some alone time to ponder life. Plus, we like to see a little fight in the boys! Lochlan's IVH (brain bleed) seems to have stopped and even possibly lessened which was shown in a cranial ultrasound a couple days ago. This feels like progress, so we pray that his body will continue to work the blood out on its own. He began his second round of Tylenol to reduce his unfolded heart valve (PDA). We are hopeful this works so that he doesn't require the ibuprofen therapy.
