It has been hard to get to the computer this week....but now that it is Saturday, here is a little update. Payton is no longer on oxygen. He is breathing room air and doing a fantastic job at it. He still has the feeding tube and don't expect him to be eating from anything else for a few weeks at least. He also has an IV in his hand. It was in his head at one point, but that started turning red so they took it out. They also removed the line they had in the umbilical cord--that was giving him lipids and something else that basically gives him energy and some of the vitamins and minerals his body isn't making yet. They are now giving that to him through the IV in his hand. He was moved from the critical NICU to another room (mostly that means that he doesn't need a respiratory therapists anymore). I spoke with the nurse practitioner today about moving him up to Logan. There are a few requirements for that. First, he has to be 32 weeks (that will happen on tuesday). Second, he has to be up to full feeds (and tolerating them) and that should happen tonight or tomorrow. Third, Logan has to have a bed. Today they called and Logan is at half capacity, so it's very likely they'll have a bed on tuesday. Fourth is the cost. Someone has to pay to have him sent back to logan and since that isn't medically necessary, the cost with probably fall on Logan Hospital. They nurse said since his stay should be considerable, logan shouldn't have a problem paying. So basically, if the stars all line up perfectly, they will move him up here on tuesday!!!
Just FYI, chris and I asked the nurse today about the requirements to go home. He has to be able feed from either a bottle or breast and he has to be able to maintain his own body heat. I know that doesn't sound too bad, but they probably won't even try him with the breast feeding for 2 more weeks. There is no weight requirement...he just has to be doing well.
So here are some pictures we took today:
Skin to skin--with his eyes OPEN!
hanging out with dad.
this might give you a better idea of just how small he is
this is him inside his isolette. they kind of tuck the babies up into a little ball and that's how they sleep and comfort them.
Thank you again for all your prayers. He is doing wonderfully!
Skin to skin--with his eyes OPEN!
hanging out with dad.
this might give you a better idea of just how small he is
this is him inside his isolette. they kind of tuck the babies up into a little ball and that's how they sleep and comfort them.
3 comments:
He's beautiful...brings tears to our eyes to see these photos. We sure look forward to meeting him in person.
dad & Laree
i LOVE that first picture... his little eyes, so precious!!! hopefully i'll get to make a trip to see him soon! :)
He is a cutie. Nic is in Ogden today hopefully filling out the paperwork to get him back up to Logan. The IV is out! and he's making progress.
The family is handling all this stress soo well.
Today the children and I played in the rain, worked on some books about dinosaurs and animals. This afternoon, we'll do a science experiment.
Saturday we measured many things to see if we could find anything as long as Payton. Mostly everything we measured was bigger, except Jaxon's plastic men!
All of a sudden I was hit with from the stomach bug, not much help to the familyl until I recovered today.
The children are lots of fun and have lots of energy. Reminds me of the good old days!
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