Sunday, December 21, 2008

Day 64: Tummy Cramps

Wearing Oom Jan's and Tante Aimee's onesie:


He was wide awake, but got pretty tired of all those photos:
Almost done?

Cannot stay awake:

Okay, one more peek! See the puffy eyes from the oxygen? Still looking cute though!


Loki was doing okay today, although he still seems to be a little tired and pale. He has been doing pretty good having oxygen in the low twenties, and even when he is upset he has not needed major increase. However, for some reason he had a very hard time processing his food during the 5:00 and 8:00 o'clock feedings. His cramps made him grunt and cry out in pain, which was very hard to see. It lasted almost until his next feeding was due, after which the whole process started all over again. Poor little guy. Fortunately, when I went out to get a quick bite to eat, dad was there to comfort Loki by patting his booty and talking to him.

Our giant did not gain weight but as you can see in the pictures, he does look a little chubby. Funny how the pictures make him look so much like a big baby boy. He is till half the size of a small full term baby though!

Hopefully his stomach will be less upset on day 64. He needs the rest to grow and take some deep breaths several times a minute.

1 comments:

marieke said...

Oh, Lieve Loki!
You look so cute and beautifull in your outfit.
Are you again from the CPAP or do you still switch? It'not nice all those darn cramps. Use your surfboard to relax and I send you a little Lokihug, x

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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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