October 8, 2006

Happy 17 weeks Aiden....
There's been no surprises this weekend. It's been pretty calm really. Aiden just about reached the 7 pound mark, but then they gave him a dose of lasix because he was retaining fluid and his lungs sounded a bit junky. You could tell he was working a bit harder to breath because of it, so Friday they gave him the lasix and woooo did he pee. He pee'd a lot too. He dropped 270 grams, that's 9.6 ounces.. As you can imagine, he's now not puffy and looks like my little peanut. Not my pudgy peanut (ha ha). He's been in pretty good moods too and sleeping well. He has his "up" time and stays awake for 2 to 3 hours on a good day. For the most part now, if they didn't have to wake him for diaper changes, he sleeps for a good 5 to 6 hours. Sometimes they even skip a diaper change so he can have the continued sleep with out being disturbed. e's also growing out of some of most of his preemie out fits. Now that just makes me smile. He is in some newborn size things, but still has room in them to grow. He is now down to 6 pounds 5 ounces and is 18 1/2 inches long. He's catching up, and finally falling in his percential for some things. YAY
Tomorrow we are suppose to have an eye exam, so we will have to wait and see how that goes. It may not happen though because of the holiday. Also he has his swallow study on Thursday and then we go tour the rehabs. I was told today that Franciscans has a new program for babies with CLD (Cronic Lung Disease) and eating issues. That they work with them eating and doing PT 3 times a day. From the sounds of it, it seems we are probably going to like them better then Spaulding. I just with it was closer to us, not further away. But like Chuck said, if we have to send him to a rehab, he is going to go to the one that is best for him, and if that happens to be further away for us, then we will have to deal with it. It's all about Aiden and getting him what he needs. Right now though, I am set to keep him where he is. Atleast I have another week before we have to make a decision on moving him.