Poor baby Bryce - the docs decided at rounds this morning to hold off feeds for another day. His belly still looks pretty good but there are a few dilated bowel sections in his xray that they are mildly concerned with.
With NEC it's always better safe than sorry.
Otherwise Bryce is still doing stellar! His oxygen is currently set at 26% and he's high satting (saturating his blood with oxygen above 95%). His ventilator is set to give him a rate of 30 breaths per minute but he's averaging about 40-50. Those extra ten to twenty are all Bryce!
And by the way - try to take 40 or 50 breaths in a minute...go ahead I'll wait...
You can't do it. Okay, at least I can't do it. Just goes to show you how tiny his little lungs are that they can fill and empty completely in less than 2 seconds!
And he's put on at least a pounds since we've gotten here.
Well, I've gotta get ready for our afternoon holding session. Poor Caleb is at work so he's giving up his turn to hold but I have to admit that I'm a little glad. I'd hold Bryce all day every day if they'd let me.
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Monday, July 20
Sunday, July 19
Our Rockstar
Bryce has had such a wonderful weekend we are now officially referring to him as our little rockstar!
He's 30 weeks now and we've been here six weeks. We've had some good times, some bad times, some okay, in between kinda times but these times are great times.
We're so proud of how much he is growing and how strong he's proving to be.
We even went home on Friday night and slept in our own bed! Oh how wonderful that would have been had Dr. Hodges not called at 11:30 p.m. to say that they were concerned Bryce might have NEC. NEC is necrotizing endercolitis and is a very dangerous infection of the intestines. Fortunately though, Bryce plowed through the night with no more signs of infection and although he probably won't get to eat again until tomorrow he's still doing well.
We're not sure, and probably never will be, if he actually had NEC and they just caught it super early or if they were being overly cautious. Either way - we're just glad he seems to be healthy right now.
On top of all of that and without the help of a glycerine suppository for the first time Bryce pooped all on his own accord. We never thought we'd be so happy to see poop! Caleb has even become accustomed to digging poopy diapers out of the trash for inspection if the nurse throws them away before he gets to check them out. I never would have expected that one.
This is great because it means his little tummy is working and hopefully when he gets some more food (hopefully tomorrow) he'll be able to push it all the way through. My poor little pumpkin, I think now that he has really gotten to feel food in his tummy he must be terribly hungry - having not eaten since Friday night. I can't even imagine not eating for two days.
Maybe tomorrow they'll give him some of the milk I pumped today after the ice cream social the March of Dimes volunteers put on for the NICU families this afternoon. I'm sure he'd appreciate Blue Bell vanilla ice cream flavored mommy milk for his first meal trying food again.
As a side note, I'm not sure what is going on with our comments section but I'm working on it. In the meantime, please be persistent as we count on your comments and kind words for our morale! If you will press submit again after the message tells you that it won't work you will get the funny letters box and it will work that time. This is just a temporary measure and I apologize for the inconvenience. Thanks, ya'll!
He's 30 weeks now and we've been here six weeks. We've had some good times, some bad times, some okay, in between kinda times but these times are great times.
We're so proud of how much he is growing and how strong he's proving to be.
We even went home on Friday night and slept in our own bed! Oh how wonderful that would have been had Dr. Hodges not called at 11:30 p.m. to say that they were concerned Bryce might have NEC. NEC is necrotizing endercolitis and is a very dangerous infection of the intestines. Fortunately though, Bryce plowed through the night with no more signs of infection and although he probably won't get to eat again until tomorrow he's still doing well.
We're not sure, and probably never will be, if he actually had NEC and they just caught it super early or if they were being overly cautious. Either way - we're just glad he seems to be healthy right now.
On top of all of that and without the help of a glycerine suppository for the first time Bryce pooped all on his own accord. We never thought we'd be so happy to see poop! Caleb has even become accustomed to digging poopy diapers out of the trash for inspection if the nurse throws them away before he gets to check them out. I never would have expected that one.
This is great because it means his little tummy is working and hopefully when he gets some more food (hopefully tomorrow) he'll be able to push it all the way through. My poor little pumpkin, I think now that he has really gotten to feel food in his tummy he must be terribly hungry - having not eaten since Friday night. I can't even imagine not eating for two days.
Maybe tomorrow they'll give him some of the milk I pumped today after the ice cream social the March of Dimes volunteers put on for the NICU families this afternoon. I'm sure he'd appreciate Blue Bell vanilla ice cream flavored mommy milk for his first meal trying food again.
As a side note, I'm not sure what is going on with our comments section but I'm working on it. In the meantime, please be persistent as we count on your comments and kind words for our morale! If you will press submit again after the message tells you that it won't work you will get the funny letters box and it will work that time. This is just a temporary measure and I apologize for the inconvenience. Thanks, ya'll!
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