His voice is very hoarse and soft, but it is getting louder every day.
His eye exam showed no major change since last week.
His ECHO showed that his heart is getting a little bit too thick. They are going to give him medication to slow down his heart rate and lower his blood pressure. This will be watched very closely.
He is down to 4lbs. and 14ozs. They are giving him extra protein along with the 42ml of breastmilk that is fortified with 24 calories.
His lung x rays look a lot better today.
Unfortunately, Owen has a bilateral hernia in his groin area. Unless things change for the worse, he can wait to have this surgery right before he goes home.
The bad thing about surgeries (he will have hernia and possible eye surgery) is that Owen will have to be put back on the ventilator during and shortly after. We want to be able to wait as long as possible to have any surgery.
Praying for:
- Bones to grow stronger
- Lungs to function better
- Infection to stay away
- Heart problems to heal
- No long term effects from the steroids
- Getting stronger
- Eyes to grow properly
- Blood clotting issues to be solved completely
He's looking more pink these days!
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