Each night I call in during the middle of the night to check in on our little man and we had an excellent report that his back to back bottle feedings were going great and that he had gained a little more weight! Thank you so much for your prayers! Because he has consistently been doing so well, alot happened today to get him home sooner!
1. His feedings have increased to 46 cc!
2. He is now all bottle or breast feedings, no more tube feedings!
3. He is out of the incubator and into a big boy bed!! Wow!
All of this happened this evening at 5pm when we came in to do his evening feedings. I cried when the nurse told me all that the doctor had ordered! So Weston's homecoming is closer than we thought. We are so proud of our strong little guy and pray fervently that his strength will continue. He will be watched very carefully now for any signs of regression, so please pray that all of these changes will not be too much for his little system.
Our biggest prayer requests are that he won't lose weight now that he has to exert much more energy at each feeding and that he can maintain his own body temperature outside of the incubator. If he does these things successfully he can come home! He also has been showing some signs of shallow breathing during his sleep, nothing to worry about yet, but it could turn into apnea. There are also some routine tests and hoops to jump thru policy wise before coming home as well, so we are praying that all of that falls into place and wouldn't hinder his homecoming.
Andrew and I are beside ourselves with excitement and anticipate what the next 24 hours hold for Weston. Now that that end is nearer than ever before, we find ourselves being even more anxious to have him home. The Lord has been so faithful to us and to Weston and we are so excited to see what He has for us each passing day. We are also trying to keep a level head and know that any little thing that comes up could keep Weston in the NICU longer.
My personal hope and prayer is that Weston will be able to come with me to my post-operation appointment with my doctor which is on Monday at 4:15pm! I am so excited to show our doctor our little monkey and Weston says that he would like to thank him in person for taking such good care of us while he was in my tummy :)
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We are elated with you guys! What wonderful news to read and what an incredible answer to prayer. We'll pray for Monday at 4:15, and for God's continued grace before and after.
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