O.k...back to the little guy...celebrating one week today! That puts him up to 32 weeks gestational age as of Saturday. Today was one of those days we hope we have more of...absolutely nothing extreme to report about. He was pretty much in the same situation as yesterday...sedated so the oscillating respirator can do its job. His blood gases keep improving and they did feed him with a drop of milk today...steady gains! His chest x-rays are also clearing up....each one is better than the previous one, so his lungs are slowly healing.
The doctor did tell us his head ultrasound showed a mild (for you medical techies...grade 1 and 2) intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) in his brain. They say this is very common due to the trauma of a preemie birth. There is little risk of any complications since his grades are so low (low grades are good in this case). ;-) IVH grades range from 1 being very mild to 4 being severe. They will do another head ultrasound in about a week to see if the hemorrhage is growing or shrinking. Since his vital signs are so good, they anticipate that it is healing itself. It was great for the doctor to tell us that Evan's case isn't anything they haven't seen before, so he's not unique (for once it's good to not be unique)!
We got a book called "The Essential Guide for Parents of Premature Babies" and has been a great read to get us caught up on all the NICU terminology. It's reassuring to read that Evan fits right in line with a lot of the book, which helps answer many of our questions.
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Chronological age: 0 months 1 week 0 days
Adjusted/Gestastional age: 31 6/7 weeks
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UMC Charges: $8,019.90
Running Total: $102,283.04
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3 comments:
My Buddies,
So happy for the continued good news. Love you guys.
Joe & Deb
Jen, Glad things are moving along! I am praying for all of you.
Kristin
Jen, sent some premie clothes. I hope they arrived.
Love,
sis
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