October 29

Trevor is 5 pounds now! He is 35 weeks gestational age as of yesterday. He was moved to Level 2 today. He is still having issues with bottle feeding, but they are trying to figure out what's causing it. They keep him on his side for the bottle feeds and he does alright. An occupational therapist came to watch him bottle feed to see if she could tell what was wrong, but he wouldn't wake up to take his bottle. I guess she'll come back another day. They put him at 3 bottles a day now.

October 28

Sunday, Trevor was having a hard time taking his bottle. His heart rate dropped a little during the 3 p.m. feed and the 6 p.m. feed. This is pretty common in premmies. It could be the way he is positioned or that he is not remembering to swallow. So they slowed down his bottle feeds to one a day. I think they started off too much too fast. He did fine yesterday.

The nurse said that he might be moving to Level 2 today or tomorrow. We tried to feed him a bottle, but he didn't stay awake. The nurse said he drank all of the bottle at 9 a.m. It seems like he only drinks every other one. Whenever he takes all his feedings he'll be able to go home. I noticed a week ago that he didn't have eyelashes yet! Now I noticed they are growing in! His feet are much bigger too! So here are lots of pictures since I haven't been able to post any this week.

October 25

Yesterday, I got to feed him a bottle again. He took all but 7 ccs. He was wide awake when I got there! He is on a waiting list to move to level 2. I hope he goes home before that because we would get new nurses, and I like the ones he has now. Conor is going to go up today to feed him. Here's a video. If you listen close you can hear him cry a little.

October 23

Yesterday, the settings for the oxygen were at 100 ccs which is not too high I think. Today they lowered it to 75 and since he did well, they went ahead and lowered it again to 50. He's still doing well and had his first bottle today! He's up to 37 ccs and he took 25 of them from the bottle. The rest they put through the tube because his heart rate started to drop a little bit. Right now, he's only taking two bottles a day. The nurses also have said his heart murmur is not as loud as it used to be, so hopefully that means his PDA is closing. I've heard conflicting opinions as to whether it would close on its own at this point. We won't know if it has unless they do another echo. He can actually go home with the cannula still on as long as he takes all his feeds and does well with them.

Great news! Yesterday at 9 a.m. Trevor got rid of the c-pap and has the cannula now! He looks to me like he's breathing kind of hard, but the nurse said he looks great. He has not had any signs of apnea either. Bottlefeeds are soon to come!

October 20

Today, the doctor changed the rate on the c-pap to 6! I guess he was doing good at the other setting. He also gained 20 grams so he's 2010 grams now! Hopefully he'll get to go to the cannula soon so we can start bottle feeding him!