Wednesday, February 11, 2009



I just love the positions Rielly puts himself in. He's just kicking back relaxing.

He is 3 lbs 9 oz now. He had his first immunizations yesterday. When he gets to 4 pounds, he will be able to start wearing clothes and soon after that, he will be able to be in an open crib. He is having quite a few A's and B's, apnea and bradycardia, where he stops or forgets to breathe and then his heart rate drops. Most of the time he recovers on his own but sometimes they have had to stimulate him to get him to breathe again. He won't be able to come home until he doesn't have any of those episodes for a week straight. He also needs to be taking all of his feedings by mouth and gaining weight, which he started today. He did really well, he knew exactly what to do. He also needs to be able to maintain his body temp on his own. He hasn't met any of these criteria yet. They say that he should be able to come home close to his due date, which is 45 days away. It has gone by fast!

2 comments:

tammy said...

Wow, look at him go. So amazing. Keep it up little man!

Tatton said...

I love it! look at those chubby cheeks. I'm glad he's doing so great!