First off...happy birthday to my Dad down in Florida! Miss and love you guys!
Another good day! I found out Evan has gained over a pound since birth, he's now up to 4 lbs. 10 oz. (he was 3 1/2 pounds when he was born). His weight has never been a big issue with the doctors, so he'll more than meet the weight requirement by the time he comes home. Evan is at the 35-gestational week mark, so getting closer to that full-term goal. I still get pregnancy updates from www.babycenter.com and this is what they say about this week's development: "He weighs a tad over 5 pounds (think bag of sugar) and is just over 18 inches long from head to heel." I guess he's not too far off that mark! I'm not sure of his current length, we'll check on that tomorrow.
Evan is still on the CPAP today...but a little birdie (aka one of the resident doctors) told me that he's very, very likely to come off of it tomorrow. So hopefully tomorrow we will finally get to see our guy without any obstuctions on his face (aside from the nasal cannula). He'll be very mobile with the cannula, so we'll be able to move him around a bit easier.
Evan's nurse today told me he was great all morning...he slept like a log, but right about the time she had to fiddle with him (draw blood, change diaper, do his respiratory therapy session, etc..), he got really fussy. He still doesn't wake up and open his eyes, but he'll tense up his face and start crying when he gets going in one of his fussy spells. The nurse thinks he is catching on to the time pattern of when the nurses have to work on him. Amazing how babies figure it all out!
Fingers crossed tomorrow we'll have some good pics of the little guy CPAP-free! :-)
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UMC Charges: $6,533.05
Running Total: $264,796.44
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