Tues Jan 26th – Sun Jan 31st
Zachary continues to progress with his feedings and his nurse Laurie says he has “turned a corner”!! His weight is now increasing steadily and he is growing! He is now 5 lbs 4.4 oz and 19.5 inches long, it has been such a thrill to see him progress from his low of 3 lbs 15 oz on January 6th until now. This week was relatively worry-free. The one minor hiccup were a few days of positive guaiac tests, which tests for occult blood in his stool. With a positive test, it was thought that he might have a fissure or possibly a cow’s milk allergy. By Monday, he was testing negative. Had I cut out enough cow’s milk (ie: Ben and Jerry’s)? Was it a small fissure that healed? At this point, they are not concerned.
Zachary is much more awake and alert now between feedings. We can hold him more and sing / talk / read to him!
For more pics and videos, see links at the end
More pics and videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYyc6xk1jf0
http://picasaweb.google.com/sirizarry/20100129?authkey=Gv1sRgCPethu3VrrXPxwE&feat=directlink
http://picasaweb.google.com/sirizarry/20100130?authkey=Gv1sRgCLvL_c-Jq7jeZQ&feat=directlink
http://picasaweb.google.com/sirizarry/20100131?authkey=Gv1sRgCLW8_q3g8IKgaA&feat=directlink
http://picasaweb.google.com/sirizarry/20100201?authkey=Gv1sRgCICNubmzo9jpVw&feat=directlink
2 comments:
Sending you, Todd and Zach lots of positive vibes. It has been great to see him get bigger via the pictures.
Liz, Brendan and Eli the dog
He looks so delicious! I have a cupcake hat ready
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