Jack is officially 30 weeks today... at least his gestational age. I keep getting these weekly emails from Baby Center about "What your baby is doing this week..." It's amazing to see the developments happening that are supposed to be happening in the womb. Jack is quickly gaining weight now. He is almost 1100 grams which is around 2lbs 5oz. They keep moving up on his feeds which is good since I am overproducing for his intake right now :) We went out....or should I say DJ went out... and bought a stand alone freezer to put in the garage to store Jack's milk so that we'll have room to actually put food in ours. It's still in the back of the van, but hopefully it will make its way to the house soon. :)
Jack's last day on antibiotics is tomorrow!! Yippee!!! They will repeat his head ultrasound probably tomorrow and we'll see how his clots are progressing...or more accurately, regressing. is primary doctor, Dr. Brown is out of town for the week but she has another doc, Dr. Albertini, checking in on him. (Yes, like appletini, and I'm always afraid to make that mistake when I'm talking to her :o) She's nice and we've had her before when Dr. Brown is off for a few days.
The other change is on his ventilator settings. He has been on what they call automode for a couple days now, which is where Jack is responsible for breathing and the vent just kicks in when he forgets to breathe. He's been doing well on it and Dr. Albertini is hoping to have him extebated in the next couple days. However, as is typical (apparently) with Miller-Pighetti children, his lungs sound crackily and they have put him on these 2 drugs that the doctor was kind enough to describe to me as Albuterol and Pulmicort. I had to chuckle as I explained that our eldest has asthma and we are very familiar with those drugs. Looks like we're 2 for 2 in the asthma department. I will continue to hold out hope that the meds are only needed because of his prematurity and that he will not be officially diagnosed with asthma. ::fingers crossed::
Post again soon,
~Jeny
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Dr. Albertini is who the twins had too! She is a nice Dr. Thanks for all the updates and you will continue to be in our prayers. I know how it is having a baby in the NICU. :o)
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