Today was another awesome day. Arrived at 8:15 am. Left at 7 pm. Had him in my arms about 95 percent of that time. Again had an amazing nurse!!! Today I was able to sit down with the nurse practitioner who is taking care of Mattias and we had a long discussion about his care and the plan and goals.
Things that need to happen before we can go home:
1: temperature control
Currently his isolette is at 29.5 and he needs to be at 27.5 and maintain his body temp between 36.5 to 37.5. This may take a bit.
2: apneas of prematurity
Currently he is on caffeine to prevent these and it's working. He will be on this for a while until his gestational age increases past the danger zone.
3: feeding
If Mattias was still in utero he wouldn't be sucking yet. Gestationally he can't coordinate suck, swallow, breathe. We are told you shouldn't expect it until 34 weeks. We are at 33 weeks 2 days. He did latch today and give about 10 strong sucks while having his feed through the ng tube. Steps in the right direction.
Basically the NP told us no one leaves before 35 weeks. Some babies need until 40 weeks. We are praying to be closer to 35 weeks!
Honestly didn't take one photo today. Wow. That's kinda bad. Was just a savoring every second with my son. I noticed today he has that glorious newborn smell. He is amazing! All praise to God!
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