NICU Day 17

Day 17. Today was another good day. Mom spent most of the afternoon with Andrew, and Dad just got home from spending a little quality alone time with him this evening.

Mr. Andrew continues to pack on the lbs, smashing through the 1100 gram barrier tonight - 1140 grams to be precise. That's a little over 2.5 lbs. The nurses also took some other measurements last night. He grew another 1.5 cm long and that big brain of his pushed his head circumference out another 1.5 cm, too. So, for the record, he is now 35.5 cm tall/long (about 14 in.) and his head circumference is 25.5 cm.

No real problems to report so far. The doctors and nurses have had to continue to tweak his oxygen and airflow to keep his saturation levels up, but that may be partly because the surfactants they gave him when he was born could be wearing off and he is not quite mature enough to make his own yet. We'll have to keep an eye on it, but he should start improving in a couple of weeks when he does start making his own.

Be sure to check out the card from Andrew that I added to last night's post. (And despite what Mom says, I did not neglect her yesterday. I did take her out to dinner.)

Good night, and good luck.