In order to avoid a Facebook overload, but keep our families and friends informed without non-stop texting and phone calls...

I created this blog to tell the story of our Baby Boy arrival into the world as a premie.

My water broke March 22nd at 26 weeks pregnant and our Max was born March 25th just before 2:00 in the morning.

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Progress!

Max had a follow-up appointment today at McKay-Dee. His eyes have corrected themselves and there is no longer any ROP. He will continue to have eye appointments every 6 months, but everything looks good!
He is 7 pounds 2 ounces and 20 inches long! Which means he has grown an inch and gained 12 ounces (in 10 days) since he left McKay-Dee. He has varied his oxygen needs from 1/8 liter (in the car) to 1/32 of a liter (if he is awake and active)
We are still fortifying breastmilk with iron supplements once per day, as well as using a special preemie fortifier in all his bottles and it seems to be working! (Thankfully, because it isn't fun to do!--makes me feel like a chemist haha!)

Our next big appointment will be August 6th at Primary Children's with the pediatric surgeon to decided what to do with the CCAM (keep waiting, I hope) as well as his hernia surgery.