October 11th, 16 days old. Collin is doing good. He pooped again for the second time. Yea! The doctor was telling us that Collin has a small tear in his right lung, which is common in preemies. What they are doing to prevent it from getting bigger is they turned the ventilator down and the oxygen up so it kind of collapses his lung to help the tear close up. It hasn't gotten any bigger since this morning so that is a good sign. If it gets bigger or gives any problems they will have to put a chest tube in to help him, but so far it is just small. Other than that Collin is doing great. It’s been 1 week since his PDA surgery and he's doing great. He is still off the lights for jaundice; it’s been about 4 to 5 days now. He looks really good; skin is looking good, pink color to him now. He is a big tease which is cute, it shows his little personality. I just love sitting next to the bed Collin is in and watch him. If his hat is off you can watch his facial expressions which is very cute. Good news for Collin. That small tear is gone, but they are keeping the ventilator down for now. Collin has been doing well today, he has been anywhere from 40% to 90% for oxygen. Robert and I are more than great from all the support, all the blessings, and all the prayers from family friends, and neighbors. We love you Collin and very proud of you. Keep up the good work.
October 12th 17 days old :-)
When we saw Collin last night, the tear in his lung has closed and repaired itself which is good. They kept him down on the ventilator and up on oxygen to make sure the tear is repaired for sure. Collin has been doing great with his oxygen he's been swinging between 40% and about 90% so that's good. He's doing good, no changes. They took out his art line (blood pressure line) because it wasn't reading right because it’s been there for over a week, no problem with that though, so they are going to leave it out for a little while, he has good blood pressure for now. Other than that he is doing great. Dr. Cheatham says they are going to give Collin a "holiday" tomorrow, meaning they are not going to draw any labs, yeah! We love this little boy! So, proud of you Collin keep up the good work son. Can't wait till we get to bring him home. He is growing & getting smarter by the day. Too sweet!
October 13th 18 days old. Last night Collin weighed 780 gram which is 1lb about 11 1/2oz, he is getting bigger. Collin's eyes are still fused shut. Last night as I was helping change Collin's diaper he was trying so hard to open them. It was way cute. His left eye is just about to open. There is a baby girl by Collin who likes to cry and a couple times he got a look on his face like he wants to cry, it’s cute.
They switch sedation meds, which makes him twitchy, but he is ok still. I need to pump, I've got my hand on him and every time I go to move he starts twitching again, it’s cute.
They took an x-ray and it looks better and Carmon, his nurse turned him a little on his left side now he's not so twitchy. Collin's doing a lot better now. He is down just below 60% oxygen. He's not twitchy just a little wiggle here and there. He is our good little angel boy. :-) He loves his mommy and daddy and knows whenever we are with him. He also knows that mommy, and daddy loves him very much and knows everyone else loves him too.
October 14th 19 days old. He is really close to opening his eyes.
Collin is doing much better since about 10 last night. It was a little scary but everything is ok. They are monitoring him to see if he was having seizures, so far so good. We will find out more later when they check it. I know everything is ok. He is our Superman, our little trooper. Collin's nurse told us last night that they found a little plastic thing that holds on the probe right above his bum, no wonder our little guy was so uncomfortable :'-( poor little guy.) We hope that is all that it was, just being uncomfortable. Made mommy sad.
No seizure activity so it must have been that little plastic thing I told you about, he is much better today. Relaxing & calm, down as low as 30% oxygen.
Dr. Cheatham even said he came in every so often yesterday to just look & watch him and he said he didn't think it looked like seizure activity. So, he thinks it had something to do with that plastic thing and just being uncomfortable.
October 15th 20 days old. Collin is doing great. He opened his eyes today, so freaking cute. His doctor, Wende says he is doing great, a lot better than two days ago. They are feeding him now, 1/2mL every 3 hours. His doctor is going to put him on a feeding schedule. Meaning up the amount according to his weight.
October 16th 3 weeks old. 25 weeks & 6 days Collin has been stable all day, he's been as low as 30% oxygen, & they up his feeding to 1mL every 3 hours. It got crazy in the NICU because they had twins born and they weren't expecting them, so Collin is no longer the smallest.
October 17th, 22 days olds. 26 weeks gestation. Collin weighs 830 grams 1lb 13 1/2oz. Collin has changed so much since he was first born, he is getting so big. Collin has been doing well with his oxygen, he has been around 40% and as low as 30%. His eyes are opened; he is on 1mL of feedings every 3 hours.
Collin is still doing good. Robert and I are going to be pros by the time Collin comes home. Collin got two tummy times today, which he loves. From what we hear, he does better with oxygen so he gets a least one tummy time a day.
There is a nurse that takes pictures for the NICU and does little posters for the 1 month 2 months and so forth. So, she was here last night taking pictures she got good ones, and is going to give us a DVD of the pictures she takes.
October 18th 23 days old. Collin is doing well today. He is being a good boy like always. He has been stable all day. He has been doing well on oxygen, between 30% and 40%. He is on his tummy. I love helping with his cares, his cares consists of changing his diaper, feeding, and oral care wiping out his mouth with water (making sure it’s not dry.) I am very proud of Collin he is doing so well. I got to give Collin a "bath" again. I gave him a bath last week. Collin is weighing at 850 grams 1lb 14oz almost 2 lbs, length, 13 1\4 in long.
October 19th 24 days. When I took Robert in last night to see Collin his, repertory therapist and nurse let us kiss Collin on the forehead. It was so sweet, he seemed to like it :-) we got to "hold" him in our hands.
Just got to the hospital to see Collin he is doing good. Doctor hasn't gotten in to do his exam yet, but he will be soon. His nurse Ashlee said he pooped this morning, that's 3 times now Yeah!
Collin has been a little stinker on oxygen but nothing to worry some. It is normal for them to be swinging on oxygen, so I'm not too worried. Other than that he is being good.
He's doing good. He needed another transfusion because he's hema globins are a little low, but we've been told that is normal.
It's been about 10 days since his last one and that's the longest they've ever gone between transfusions, the doctor said that was good.
glad he's doing well! He's a little trooper :-)
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