I got to the hospital today to find out that Brandon was going to be having bottles for every feed today and his feeding tube was taken out of his nose. I fed him his 12:00 bottle and his 3:00 bottle and he did great with each of them. I called the hospital a little while ago and his nurse told me he did a great job with the 6:00 bottle too! He also had to take his medicine by mouth today since he no longer has his feeding tube. He had his diuretics mixed in with a little bit of formula for the 3:00 feed and the nurse squirted his zantac in his mouth this morning with his 9:00 feed.
Dr. Rekedal talked to me this afternoon and said he is thinking Brandon will probably come home on Friday or Saturday. He does not think he will come home on oxygen but he needs to see for sure. He will try him off of it tomorrow and see how he does.
Stu gave Brandon a bottle last night. Brandon did really well with it.
Park City Utah
2 years ago
1 comment:
Wow, that's such great news!!! Coming home will be a change (you'll realize how used to NICU life you've gotten) but it's such a wonderful experience. I think NICU families appreciate that special moment more than non-NICU folks because it's a moment you've been dreaming about for so long (9 months plus!). Soon you'll be in the next chapter of this wonderful story--that's so great to hear.
Love,
Missy (Gyasi's wife)
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