Joshua is doing so well today! No new issues. His feeds have continued to increase every 12 hours, so he is now up to 9 mL every 3 hours. We're hoping he'll be weaned off his TPN (nutrition through the PICC line into his vein) within a week or so. Tonight he weighed in at 1115 g or 2bs 7 oz. He's getting so big! He was so alert tonight, and when I showed up the nurse had him dressed in a cute little outfit that actually fit him. Such a little man.
Our favorite nurse was working today, but she was assigned to a different patient. She stopped by to say hi, and James asked her why we keep getting different nurses instead of keeping one main one. She said Joshua is so low maintenance compared to some of the other babies, so they like to rotate the nurses to patients like Joshua after they have a couple of rough days with babies who require more intensive care. I guess we can't complain if our son is labeled as one of the easy ones. She went on to talk about some of the more challenging patients, such as the poor little ones who are born with heroine addictions from their moms using drugs throughout pregnancy. How sad to think of a newborn having withdrawls. One of the babies has been in the NICU for 46 days going through detox. Seeing how serious some of these other babies are makes us realize even more how thankful we are that Joshua is doing as well as he is. Thanks for continuing to keep us in your prayers!
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