In tonight's weighing, Aidan lost a little weight, and is now 2 lbs 2oz even. He lost 0.8 oz. The doctors say to expect this, and tell us to look at the week to week gain, and not to focus on daily changes. Aidan had 3 really strong gains in a row before today, plus, yesterday he hadn't had a dirty diaper in 12 hours before the weighing, and then had a massive dirty diaper right after the weighing. He probably lost an ounce in that diaper :)
The doctor also increased Aidan's feeding to 11cc every 2 hours. We've noticed that after Aidan is given his milk, his has a little difficulty keeping his oxygen levels up. Nurse Andrea explained to us that this is because he gets a little acid reflux and it is probably uncomfortable for Aidan to breathe deeply, so he takes shallow breaths. We've definitely noticed that Aidan has needed more supplemental oxygen now than he did 4-5 days ago. But he is being given double the milk now versus 5 days ago, so he needs to work much harder digesting food.
Grandpa Stawicki, Bev, and Monika came to visit Aidan today (sorry, bad lighting):
Nurse Andrea and Tom the Air Guy work on Aidan's CPAP:
Aidan at tonight's weighing (not too happy and waiving his arms around):
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Hi, Everyone, This blog with pictures is soooo great. Thanks Rick for taking the time to post it. Also, I did not realize until Sunday when I was talking to Linda that some of the pictures are actually video. I downloaded the videos and watch them over and over in full-screen format. I never thought that Aidan would be so active. I just thought because he was so premature that he would just lay there. I need to get my speakers hooked up now (really only used my computer for business before) so I can hear him cry.
Bet Denyse really loves holding him every day. Love to Rick, Denyse & baby Aidan. God Bless and Keep all of you. Grandma Anita
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