Day 27

Today the doctor called and said they are increasing his calories again and adding iron to his food b/c he lost weight two nights in a row. He still weighs over 1000 grams, though, so he still gets weighed every night. If he drops below that, then he will only get weighed twice a week. This is b/c weighing him gets him aggravated b/c he doesn't like to be fooled with, and getting aggravated makes him lose weight more easily. They expect him to be gaining an ounce a day at this stage. Mom and I went to see him today for about an hour. It was so nice to see him after I skipped a day. I really missed him. I just sat near him and held his legs still in a fetal position to make him feel more secure. He needs to feel like he is still in the womb as much as possible, and being secure is very important. He got his IV out of his arm, so he is moving both arms very freely now. Now they administer any medicine he needs through his feedings, so it takes a little longer to work since it's not put directly into his bloodstream. His nurse talked to us for a long time, and she told us that his sats have been high for several days, so he is doing well with oxygen. He is still on high breathing support,but they might just leave him there for a while to rest. When they change his support, he doesn't usually like it, so then he uses a lot of energy to breathe that he could use to grow instead. He is opening his eyes a lot lately-his nurse says he is nosy. he tries to look around to see what is going on all of the time.