Days 10 and 11

Day 10 for Noah was a decent day. The nursing staff received orders to increase the feeding times and the amount of feedings. Noah now receives feedings every three hours and they are adding 1 ml every 12 hours until they get to half an ounce (16 ml). There was a sight backward step with oxygenation. Noah has been doing so well for the past week and a half that he got a little tired yesterday and required supplemental oxygen. Kangaroo care was not allowed yesterday due to the oxygenation issue.

Day 11 turned out to be an excellent day for Noah. He now weighs a whopping 2 lb. 2 oz. and is starting to fill out nicely. Noah is getting a fat little tummy courtesy of scrumptious breast milk provided by the Flynn Dairy Farm and Medela. He is requiring less supplemental oxygen than yesterday, and is very alert. Noah is opening both eyes and tracking movement of those around him. When he cries (which is not often) he now sounds like a baby and not a cat.  During the morning visit Katie got to Kangaroo with the little guy again this was a satisfying bonding experience for both Katie and Noah. Noah is now up to 6 ml of milk and at 1:00 am he will increase to 7 ml.
We are anxiously waiting to see the many good things that day 12 will bring for our little guy. We are grateful for the continued prayers and encouraging words from family and friends.

I'm free! But only for a minute while they change my mask.

I'm rocking this headgear!