What a weekend! We have continued working on the feeding over the weekend and there were some changes made yesterday. They started stopping Pearson's continuous feed that he was getting through the tube an hour before his bottle feed that he gets every three hours. This is to allow him the opportunity to get hungry where he will actually want the bottle. We didn't see any changes yesterday except for the fact that Pearson seemed much more fussy and cried every time we would try to put a bottle even near his mouth, which started making us think that there might be something internally wrong with him. Needless to say it was a very frustrating Saturday, but things made a turn for the better tonight. The most Pearson had drank all weekend was 8ml until tonight at his 6:00 feeding when he ate 30ml, which is the MOST he has ever drank. Then he REALLY surprised us during his 9:00 feeding when he drank the entire bottle of 40ml, which meant no tube feeding for that three hours!!!! We were all celebrating....including the nurse!!!!! We are once again thanking God for yet another day of progress!!! We continue to put all our faith in Him, and He continues to bless us everyday! We are praying that Pearson receives good news from his upper GI test tomorrow when they go in and check to see if or how bad of reflux he has. Let's all pray together that he doesn't have reflux and that he will not need anymore surgeries!
We also want to say THANK YOU to all of you who helped in any way, donated your time or money, or just made an appearance at the CUT-A-THON today! I have heard nothing but great things about it! We wish so much that we could have been there to see you all and be a part of the excitement! I hope you all got some nice hair-do's!!! You continue to amaze us with all of your love and support!!! We love you!
Pearson's 1st Easter
I love hanging out in my bouncy seat!!!
Most recent pic... taken today
I could hold him ALL day long!
What a look!
What a sweet face!!! This was taken today as well.
What a mess...wires everywhere!!!
Yay for my boyfriend!!! I am so impressed and I just knew he could do it!!! Now, to keep it up! I've been praying and thinking about you guys and I'm so glad they have been answered! Give Sweet P a kiss and a high five for me! Love his new pics by the way! Gorgeous!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited at his progress!!
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He's such a doll!!!
ReplyDeleteHe is soooooo cute and looks great! Maybe you guys won't be there when we come on May 12 for Jim Beau's check up!! The feeding was very frustrating for us, too. We were using a slow flow nipple at first and he was sooooo slow and would get tired and quit drinking. One day I decided to go back to the regular nipple (the one with the dark blue top that they have there at the hospital) and he drank his whole bottle really fast!!! I think once he got the handle of sucking, he was very frustrated with the slow flow. All it took was me changing to a regular flow nipple and he got it! trust your instincts and he will do great!
ReplyDeletewonderful news and Im so glad he is eating by mouth. One less issues to worry about!
ReplyDeletehe is so very adorable!
Hey... what cute pictures... He is growing and changing in every picture... what a little miracle you have there. I cant wait to see him.
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Connie K
Yay for pictures and positive updates! He's getting big and I love seeing you and Matt holding him. I can't wait to hear that you have taken Pearson home.
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