April 5, 2009

Demetri has gained another 14 grams and now weighs 3 lbs. 5 oz. He had a good night last night and finished 3 of his 4 bottles. But today he has only taken 1 full bottle. Last night, his nurse did his hearing screen, but he did not pass. We are hoping this is due to nurse error, the fact that he still has a feeding tube in, or the amount of hair that he has not allowing good contact with the patches that are used. All of these are actual reasons for "failing" the test, they will try it one more time before he comes home. If he still does not pass, we will be referred to an audiologist, who has better equipment.

The majority of what is happening right now is the scurrying around to get everything ready for him to come home. In addition to the house stuff, we (meaning Chris) have to go through several different "classes" to get familiar with things like the monitor that Demetri will come home on and the NG tube things such as putting it in and making sure that it is in the right place.