The last week has been a lot more up than down. Wyatt still struggles with Jaundice. They have diagnosed it as breast milk jaundice and took him off my milk for 24 hours yesterday. His level was down from 10.9 to 10.2. I was hoping that it would be further down than that but we are thankful that it is down.
He has started eating a lot better took his first full bottle on the 2nd with me and has had a lot of feeding times of over half of his milk. He is getting stronger! Praise God! He got to practice breastfeeding for the fist time today. It was very sweet. Felt like life is supposed to. Just wish we were at home not sitting in the middle of the NICU with partitions around us. But this is another step forward toward our goal of being home by the 27th.
Wyatt is starting to gain weight now and we are very excited. He weighs 5lbs 2 oz and is 18 inches long. When he was born he was 4lbs 12 oz and 17 3/4 inches long. Will have pics of him up soon.
There were several little issues with his muscles etc that resulted in his long stay in a low amniotic fluid environment. The 1o weeks inside were great in getting his insides developed, so the little things are not such a big deal. And they are doing better every day.
He had some tight muscles in his neck so he couldn't look to the left without pain. His right arm was very tight and couldn't straighten. His right foot was a bit twisted to the right. His Occupational Therapist, Ashlee, has done great work with him and all is going well. He has had three different boots for his foot and it looks just about as good as his left foot. His arm and neck are getting much looser and more flexible. We are very thankful for such good people taking care of our little man.
Thanks for your prayers and support. God is mighty!!!
He is taking care of all of us. Great is our God and greatly to be praised.
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