Quiet days - November 18, 2013

Owen is continuing to do well on the CPAP.  He is just a couple of steps away from being able to go to the high flow nasal canula.  His x rays are looking better.

Owen is probably having trouble with reflux.  That is hopefully the reason his heart rate falls drastically at certain times.  They have slowed his feeding time down a little and set his bed at a 45 degree angle to help with this.  It seems to be working.

They went up 1ml on his breastmilk feeding.

His calcium levels are a little elevated.  We are not sure if he is getting it into his bones correctly.  They might have to make some milk changes, but for now they are discontinuing the vitamin D to help with this.  His levels are not extremely high, but just trending right along that point.  This seems like it will be resolved soon.

His liver is functioning a lot better now.

They are still continuing the 7 day antibiotic course.

They have discontinued several medicines including the vitamin D and another medicine that was to help with the gallbladder.

His weight fluctuates a lot, but he is slowly gaining weight.

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
• Calcium levels to be resolved

Very true

Yellow

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