Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Hunter has been doing well since his discharge. We have taken the time we need to spend time (spoil) with him. We have really come together and enjoyed this time.
I don't have too much to write about. Hunter has a nice nurse that comes to see him every week. She weighed him today. He is 7 pounds 12 1/2 ounces. His discharge weight was 6 pounds 5 ounces, so he has really gained the weight here at home.
Hunter is still being fed by bottle and through his feeding tube. His lungs give him difficulty taking every bottle. The doctors say the premature lungs and feeding issues go together. So, when he comes off oxygen, he should be coming off the feeding tube.


We went to his lung specialist the other day. They had us turn off Hunter's oxygen for 10 minutes. Their objective: to see how long it takes for Hunter's oxygen levels to drop without the oxygen. After 10 minutes, Hunter's oxygen saturation was in the mid 70's. In a perfect world, it should have remained between 96-100%. He is not ready to come off oxygen yet. They passed on scheduling his sleep study this month. He is not ready. We have another appointment in September.


We are continuing to enjoy that Hunter is home with us. We continue to spoil him. He is not sleeping in his crib yet. I think he needs to feel close to us. We have him sleeping in a pack and play next to our bed. We are trying to get him over to his crib. It is a work in progress.