David's (already) overprotective parents:
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The Langagers' first Christmas as "Mommy and Daddy"
Daddy keeping watch over precious David and beautiful Mommy
Sunday, January 13, 2008, at 9:30 p.m.
David is doing really well. He now weighs 3 lbs 15 oz--just an ounce away from a full 4 pounds. Pretty soon he will have doubled his birth weight! He is up to 16.5 inches long, and his head circumference is good--it's just showing normal growth. All wonderful news!
David has some blood tests scheduled for the morning, a follow-up eye exam tomorrow, and another head ultrasound sometime this week.
They have increased his feedings to 32 ml every 3 hours.
So far, the higher dosage of HMF (human milk fortifier) hasn't irritated his tummy or caused blood in his stools. Praise God!
He's currently on his tummy, so his O2 is down at 69% (just a few hours ago it was in the 80s but had been in the 60s earlier today). When he's on his back, they usually have to increase his O2 from the 60s to the 80s or 90s. His oxygen is in the 90th percentile (93-94), which is the percentage of oxygen he's getting, which is good.
His stats are holding steady and remaining in the 90s, which is a direct answer to prayer. Remember that if they drop to the 80s and stay there, he'll have to go back on the breathing tube. Right now he's still on the step-up from the breathing tube, the C-PAP (it's called a C-PAP for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, not a C-PAC, by the way) and continuing to breathe on his own.
Susan says, "He's just beautiful."
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