Everyone (especially his doctor Paul - pictured) is chuffed with Sam's current progress. He now weighs 2.2kgs and has for about three days not had any major breathing lapses - the only ones happening at the moment are after feeds when he gets quite bad reflux but at least we know why that is.
So the remaining hurdle is getting the feeding right which is starting to happen. Sam is on 4 hourly feeds of 60ml - he sometimes takes up to 30 ml from the bottle and the rest via the nasogastric tube. He gave Mich some welcome encouragement on Wednesday by taking 5ml from the breast. Bliss for her after more than 500 pumping sessions to date. Only a teaspoon in comparison to the 50 litres produced for him so far but a start nonetheless (he is weighed before and after breastfeeds to gauge how much he takes if anyone was wondering)
So the talk is still of a departure from NICU in the next 10 days. With the good progress we have seen we are starting to look forward to this.
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HELLO FROM TEXAS!
Sal shared a bit of information with me shortly after Sam was born. With my previous experience working in the NICU, I have had ideas of what may have been going on thus far. But today I received an email from Auntie Sal noting this site. I was amazed! Sam is amazing! GOD is amazing! Since originally hearing of his early birth, my Aunt (Linda) and I (prayer warriors of the family) have kept all of you in SA in our prayers. A community effort is essential... and what a community he has!!! All I can add is GO MICH! How diligent you are! GO Terence! Not only for your love and support for Mich, Matt and Sam, But also for your love for us all in providing such updates and pics! HANG IN THERE MATT-what an awesome brother you are! Best wishes and continued prayers from Texas (and California, Lousiana!)OUR GOD IS AN AWESOME GOD!
Love and continued prayers, Misty
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