Hold Me!

We started off the week on a really good note. Owen gained more weight, has been taking more out of his bottle feedings and his reflux has really started to improve. His bed isn't elevated as much and he's had fewer spit ups. He still has spells where he drops his heart rate and doesn't breathe, but he is able to bring himself out of the spells most of the time now. The super good news is that family gets to hold Owen now! The grandparents are all very excited!



I love this photo! Doesn't it look like he's telling Grandpa a fish tale? "You should have seen it Grandpa, it was THIS big!!!"

Today didn't start out as a very fun day for Owen. He had to have his follow up eye appointment. He had spells each time they put the dilating drops in (3 sets of drops). Let me tell you, babies don't like having their eyelids clamped open while sticks poke at their eyeballs! They do not make happy noises at all!!! He had several spells afterwards, which is normal. The nurse said that their bodies tend to just shut down after the stress of the procedure. The good news is that they say his eyes are progressing nicely, just like the rest of him. However, since they aren't fully developed yet, they can't rule out ROP completely yet, so he has to have a 3rd exam in 2 weeks. UGH! Poor little guy!

He did weigh in at 5 pounds, 3 ounces this morning though, so that was great news! He's just over 18" long. I get emails each week telling me what phase the baby is at and how much it weighs, etc. They are sending them to me thinking that he's still due on May 5. This week's email said that he should be just over 5 pounds and around 18 inches, so that is interesting. He's pretty much right on!

I just got word that his circumcision is going to be on Monday. They say it takes about 3-5 minutes for the numbing agent to take effect and then the actual surgery itself takes only a few minutes. Our nurse said that some babies even sleep through it. Hopefully Owen will be one of those babies!

We believe in miracles! Laurie and Paul