Baby update

Welton is getting bigger by the day.  Monday the 31st, he weighed in at 5 lbs. 3.8 oz.  He's going through a growth spurt right now, gaining between 50 and 100 grams each day.  The NICU scales are all calibrated differently, so they make sure every night that he is weighed with "number 10."

The doctors tried again to wean his air pressure and he's holding steady at 3.5 LPM.  They will try in another day or two to wean down to 3.  Once he is down to 2 LPM then they will try bottle feeding.

Baby gets a blood gas (done by the respiratory therapist, it shows the pressure of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the baby's blood, helping to determine lung function) drawn every few days, and his latest one (today) showed that's he's breathing really well.  His oxygen saturation swings a lot, but the good blood gas proves that the swinging isn't such an issue.

I love that he's getting so big.  It's fun to look through all his pictures (we've got at least one every day since he was born) and see the differences in him.  All the nurses just love him and are constantly fighting over who gets to take care of him!  He's already a little charmer, but considering who his parents are, it's really no surprise.  His dimples and head full of black hair are just irresistable I guess.