Monday, March 21, 2011

Well rested and ready to grow

Davis has been busy working on his feeding today, but I think he's really liking this part of his journey.  Since filling his belly with breast milk, Davis has become the most well behaved baby ever.  He's still on a continuous feed through his feeding tube, but we're stopping that every few hours, for an hour, and then trying to feed him with the bottle to monitor the volume he's getting.  He has made continual progress, starting out at 5ml, then taking 10ml, and just now took 14ml.  So he's getting there.  After feeding he instantly falls to sleep and looks amazingly content.  :)  Then they put the rest of the milk back onto his continuous feed setup which keeps him very happy and sleepy. I also helped the nurse give him a bath today, which he wasn't very fond of, but now he smells delicious and is sleeping off his milk stupor in grandma's arms.  Bliss. We've also been officially released to move to the recovery floor where people go before going home.  But there are no open rooms right now, so we'll stay in the CICU for now, continuing to work on his feeding until a room opens up or we get to go home.  No word on how long that will take yet...we're leaving that up to Davis. 

8 comments:

Brenna Hall Hessler said...

What a cute little face and I know your mom is in heaven! So glad your milk came in well and great work with the pumping...not easy stuff! Looking forward to the pictures of Davis going home :)

Margaret said...

Absolutely amazing news! Debbie, you're a natural at your new role as Nana. I know you can't wait to get little Davis home where you can all cuddle him constantly and make up for all the lost hours at the beginning! Love to everyone. A.M.

jeff said...

Its lovely to see your mom with her beautiful grandson...so glad he's filling his belly.

Johanna said...

Love, love, love. 'nuff said. :)

Sunny said...

This is fantastic news!!!

Lenore said...

Awe tends to leave me speechless! You are all very lovable people!!

Anonymous said...

Debbie you are a great Nana,great news and he just gets better and better everyday. Love the photo of you and Davis. Dee

Jene (AZ) said...

Well Davis - at 50 years old - you are my very first blog comment - welcome to this beautiful world - you are born into such a loving family - I wish for you every blessing possible - I hope we meet soon - I was looking for a picture of your mommy - and G-Pa - :)lots of xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo from Arizona -
Love and Hugs,
Cousin Jene