This is always subject to change (depending on what he outputs), but Gus hit the three-pound mark yesterday!
On top of that, he's been doing pretty well. He's through the antibiotics for his eye infection (which has cleared up), so no IVs for now. He's still on the nasal cannula, but only with room air (for the pressure). And they will gradually lower the pressure over the next couple of days to see how he does. He still has some spells of apnea, but definitely not as many.
We've also put a sound machine in his isolette (incubator), so he gets the soothing sounds of the womb throughout the day. Not as good as the real thing, but it's the best we could do.
Thanks again for all your good wishes and food. We're all doing alright. Why, just this morning, Jamie, Wyatt, and I went to a playground. And it felt downright normal. Though it'll definitely be nice to have Gus as a regular fixture in that normality.
4 comments:
Normal is cool. Very cool. I wish you many more normal and downright boring hours. You all have way too much excitement for the past year. Few years, really. New marriage, job gone, new job /career, new house, new baby, multiple job possibilities, sick family, parents aging, second pregnancy, leaving job, starting new job, hernia, mold, Gus knocking too soon, a terribly cute two.... whoo!!! Yeah, some of this has been good stress, but it's been an intense few yearS not just year. So, anyway, I wish you lots of boredom.
hey there from africa. not sure if i can get this to work on second try. i second what tess said on normal being cool. but what is that exactly?
anyway, it was so great to see a picture of this lil' guy - soo cute and to hear the news. he is doing well and so are you!
i look forward to being able to meet all in the future
miss you and love you
du courage
sue
hey look at that! it posted! only my 2nd time ever trying to use one of these blog thingies. wow. very cool. yes, i'm still living back in 1930 over here...
xoxo
I'm going to toast to normalcy and three pounds of sassy Andrews, snarky shapiro and winsome Wyatt genes wrapped up into a pintsize gus package. Here's to you, little man.
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