Growing!
Hello to everyone.
Got some sleep last night! After Xavier's midnight feeding and care, he decided to sleep...for about an hour. After fussing a bit, Rebecca held him a while and he went to sleep. So well, in fact, both he and we slept through his 4:00 AM feeding. (This led to setting Xavier's feeding times forward by two hours, which works in favor of the parents)
We visited the pediatrician again today for his "emergency" visit (after Monday's visit and after Dr. LeBlanc read Xavier's history--finally released by the hospital--she wanted to see Xavier again for another full exam. As she said, "now that I know him better")
We had three surprises with today's visit. The first was Dr. LeBlanc thought Xavier was on .03 litres/min of O2, but she was excited to learn he is on .01 l/min. So, we may only have to suffer the O2 another two weeks. Thank You, Jesus!
Another surprise to us was Xavier's stool. It turned light again about Monday. Rebecca and I asked the doctor what we aren't doing that the NICU was, or perhaps (we thought) was Xavier's growth outpacing the Actigall. Dr. LeBlanc grew very concerned, saying "that's the worst news you've told me."
Thankfully, Xavier filled his diaper and Rebecca thought to show the doctor. She told us the color was good and we shouldn't worry about it. Even though the color is not what we came to expect while in the NICU, still it was a good color. Rebecca and I were further educated about "good" and "bad" colors.
Xavier's weighed in today at 4 pounds, 5.6 ounces (1824 grams). Since bringing him home, Xavier has put on an ounce a day which is what is the rate he should be growing at this point in his development. The NICU nurses and doctors were right: he will grow better at home!
Xavier also got his rotovirus vaccine today. He was supposed to get this as he left the NICU, but they decided to let the pediatrician give the inoculation.
Xavier also ventured into his first two retail stores today. The first was The Great Harvest Bread Company" where mom and dad bought lunch. The second, next door to the first, was Two Rivers Coffee, where mom and dad bought something to drink and ate their lunch. Neither place was crowded, so we thought these would be OK places to bring Xavier.
Always, thank you for your prayers.