October 27, 2008: Day 57 (8 weeks old, pooping, and 5 pounds?)

Aidan turns 8 weeks old today!

The day started with a call from Dr Kaempf. He did lower Aidan's cannula flow to 1 liter/minute, and they might change Aidan to the low-flow cannula tomorrow. Dr Kaempf also said that we might be taking Aidan home as early as this weekend if Aidan continues to do so well.

Aidan finally started to poop on his own without suppositories. This is the first time he did this in over a month. A couple days ago they discontinued giving him Human Milk Fortifier, and are now adding just formula to his milk. HMF does cause constipation, so hopefully, the pooping problems are over.

Aidan had his first vaccine today with his Hepatitis-B shot. He has 3 or 4 more to go in the next week :(

Alright, I re-booked the marching band, and the guest speakers for tonight's ceremonial 5-pound weighing. He was only 5 grams short last night (3 grams actually, but don't get me started again on the scales that are only accurate to the nearest 5 grams...)

Here we go...



Cue the band!!!



Aidan gained 20 grams to 2285 (5 pounds 0.6 oz)!!

The RT wanted to clear Aidan's nasal passages before the weighing, but didn't want to be blamed if he didn't reach 5 pounds, so she waited until after the weighing:



After the weighing, at tonight's 11pm feeding, Aidan chugged his 40cc bottle down in a record 8 minutes.

Tomorrow is a big day. Aidan gets his eyes checked again for ROP, and he has another head sonogram. Back on day 3, Aidan had a perfectly normal head scan, with no hemorrhaging. They are re-checking to make sure everything is still perfect. And as you probably remember, 2 weeks ago, the ophthalmologist reported mild stage 1 ROP. We've heard that ROP can peak around weeks 36-37 (and Aidan is 36 1/2), so we are nervous about this checkup. We will be thrilled if the ROP is not that much worse than 2 weeks ago. I'll update on this for sure tomorrow.