6-11-08 We made it to 3 LBS!

Blake had a hard night. He started having a lot of bradys after midnight. All the doctors got together this morning and had a meeting to discuss Blake. He does better when the tube is in his intestines and he is on a continuous feed so they started that again. He is getting 2 cc's every hour (8cc's over 4 hours) on a continuous feed. He is also still on an IV so that he gets all the required nutrients and fluids. They have kept him swaddled in order to keep him from pulling out his tubes. He seems to like being wrapped up all the time. It makes him feel safe. He did good most the day. When I held him he got a little too comfortably sleeping and ended up having a brady attack and stopped breathing. His lips turned purple and I rubbed his chest but it didn't work, so the nurse started tapping on his foot and got him to respond after a little bit. It scared the crap out of me. I was fine till I saw his lips turn blue then purple. The nurse kept reassuring me though so that helped some. She said he would come out of it and he did. It just took a while. I guess it was harder on me because I was holding him. The doctor told me that there is a "thing" ( I do not remember the name) that is right before the duodenum (the entry to the intestines) that they think is spazzing causing the tube and milk to reverse itself allowing milk to enter back into the stomach. As long as the milk goes down his intestines he does good and does not have very many problems. As soon as it comes back up he struggles to breathe. Tonight he hit the 3 lb mark! YEAH he is officially 3 whole pounds. That is so exciting for us!