Starving

Poor Brandon is starving. Hopefully he will be fed again tomorrow. They still have not been able to feed him because his platelet count is still pretty low which is part of the virus and there is still a little blood in his poop which is part of the virus. Dr. Rekedal said he is hoping to get him started on feeds again tomorrow. He is also hoping to get him back on the cannula tomorrow. I hope he does go back on tomorrow and off of CPAP because the CPAP makes his nose so stretched out. It goes back to normal once he is off of CPAP for a few days. Brandon has been sucking on his pacifier all day really hard. I think he is thinking if he sucks hard enough maybe it will give him some milk. Chris, Brandon's nurse today, said they are going to give Brandon a new formula called alementum when he starts to eat again. It is supposed to be a lot easier to digest but unfortunately is pretty expensive. I forgot to mention in my post on Sunday that Brandon is in a new isolette. He was downgraded again to one of the older isolettes. Sue thought it was a good idea to give him a nice clean, germ free isolette once he was starting to feel better. I arrived tonight to Brandon having an absolute hissy fit. He was screaming and moving his whole body all over the place. He is definitely feeling better.