Hey, sorry again about the wait. But anyway, Andrew is doing very good! Thank you for your prayers, they are still making a huge difference! He has been off of the nasal prongs since the 9th, praise the Lord! He is doing very good and has little to no desats in his oxygen except when he throws up. It is such a big step for him to get closer to going home.
His feeding is still going well except that he has problems with throwing up, and because he throws through his nose it causes him to desat when ever he throws up, so starting yesterday they have been thickening his milk to see if that will make a difference. It seemed to be helping yesterday so we will se how he did during the night when we get there today.
Nursing has also been going better, he now knows what to do and yesterday he took 9 mls while nursing! This is great! Now we are praying that he will be able to continue nursing because of his throwing up, we wont really know until he takes more to see if he throws up after nursing as well as after taking the bottle or being tube fed.
Andrew is also now getting the bottle for every feeding that we are not there, and he is starting to take the whole bottle most of the time. Another big step! We still do not know when we will be able to go home, he is what they would say full term now, so now it all depends on him and how fast he wants to get out. :)
After his last check up they have found some blood in the retna of his left eye. There is no detatchment so they have decided not to do an altrasound, but they are rather going to check it every Monday to make sure that nothing is going to get worse. This is another place where we ask for prayers, that his eye would heal and that there will be no permanent damage.
As you can see he is still cute, :) and still growing bigger, he is now 4 pounds 2 ozs, a gain of 1 pound! We continue to praise God for all the steps AJ is taking towards going home, and we thank you once again for your prayers!This morning while reading I found this verse that seemed to be ment just for me:
Teach me to do Thy will, for Thou art my God: Thy spirit is good, lead me into the land of uprightness. Psalm 143:10
6 comments:
AWE! He just melts our hearts!
God is so good! Can not believe how he has grown! Is there any better gift!Smile!
Our prayers continue,
Blessings,
The Mayo family
That first picture of Andrea is just sooo adorable! I'm happy to hear that he is doing so well. I just keep thinking about how you gave birth to him around exactly where I am at in my pregnancy right now. That's a scary thought. There is no way I am ready!
I also think of you often, knowing what it's like to hang out at the hospital for more than a day. I did not deal with it as well as you are.
SO ADORABLE!!!
I LOVE all those pics!
Can't wait to kiss those little cheeks! :)
Love you!
Your lil sis Jen
Oh how I miss that little guy :) Glad to see he is still growing and we will be praying for his eye and that he can keep all his calories down.
He looks so sweet in his real little man clothes.
Can't wait to give you a hug Andy!
And of course you too Josh and Rebecca ;)
We love you all!
Its great to hear from you again Becca!
Can't wait to meet my little Nephew!
Love you
Love your little Sis Ker
He is too Cute. We are still praying you can go home soon. Praise the Lord he is doing better.
Amanda
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