March 28, 2009

Here is Demetri snuggling with daddy during his NG feeding. He has fallen asleep while holding in his pacifier with his hand.


If you can't see the trend, weight gain is a very important thing in the NICU and in Demetri's world. He had another good day, gaining 33 grams. He now weighs 2 lbs. 14.6 oz., so close to 3 lbs.!

He had another good day today. He continues to do well on his bottle feeding, despite missing a chance to bottle feed through the night. He has started to wake up a little more before some of his feedings and lays awake during his NG feedings.

Demetri has also been upgraded to Pampers Preemie diapers from the small preemie diapers he was wearing. After several outfit changes because the diapers did not fit well around his legs and failed to contain the poop, the decision was made to try to the bigger diapers. They are really big around his waist and hang down to his knees, but they are doing the job.

Demetri should be getting a bath tonight and a new isolette. Hopefully this bath will remove the rest of the purple marks that are all over his head from the EEG electrode placement.

Hopefully Demetri will continue to do well. The Caffeine seems to be doing its job. He has not had any apneic events in the past few days. And all of the tests that were done earlier this week have thankfully come back negative. We are looking forward to him moving out to a bassinet sometime this week (hopefully)!