Sunday, November 23, 2008

Day 35; just sleeping and growing

Today no much news either, and no news is good news at this point in time. Although Loki appear to lose a few grams again, he was weighed on a different scale. He still looks to me as if he is growing every day. His face looks more mature and his legs are just a little chubbier. I had a chance to hold him again today. We cuddled for a good 45 minutes. Although Loki was not satting (oxygen saturation in his blod) extremely high, I heard some secretion in his airway, and he was very calm and sleepy on my chest. When he went back into his incubator, he was suctioned (which happens several times a day) and a whole bunch of slimy secretion came out of his throat. His saturation went up immediately afterwards!

Dad bought a freezer today to store all the milk I am producing. Yay! We can have food in our freezer again! There seems to be some confusion about Loki's feeding: He does get breast milk with a fortifier (extra calories) mixed in. However, he still receives it through his OG (orogastric) tube in his mouth, through which it directly goes into his stomach. He does not have the swallow/suck coordination developed as expected in older babies. Hopefully in three or four weeks we can start practicing breastfeeding. (They call the first practice recreational breastfeeding as it is not really for nutritional purposes yet.)

Thank you for continues sweet comments. We love opening up the computer and see if any new comments came in!

3 comments:

marieke said...

Hey Ho, Loki let go! You're fighting your way up to become a big little dude.
I'm wondering what I will think when I see him in 2,5 weeks.
1. Wouw you became big! or
2. What, were you more little before? That's not possible.

In the pictures it's hd to imagine his real size... I presume it's XXS:-)

Anonymous said...

Hey Lijn
Pretty soon this will all be done with, Loki will be home and you and your Hubby will settle into bliss. I'm keeping a good thought for you all. Love ya Dee

Janet said...

Isn't great to be able to say that nothing's new, just sleeping and growing!. Here's to more days like this ahead.
Dag!
Nurse Janet

About Loki Sky

Loki Sky is a special little man. He was a very early micropreemie, weighing only 610 grams (1 lb, 5 oz) after 24 weeks, 3 days gestation, born to an American Father and a Dutch Mother in Berkeley, California on October 18, 2008.

On January 11, 2009, while still in the hospital NICU, his one kidney stopped working. It was repaired after three surgeries. After spending time in three hospitals in three cities, Loki came home on February 17. He struggled with eating, and then stopped in July, leading to 8 days in the hospital, a failure-to-thrive diagnosis, and a NG feeding tube. On October 10, a minor surgery installed a G feeding tube. Another procedure replaced it with a new one, and then again with a Mic-Key button in Jan. 2010.

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