Anderson moved up in his feeding plan. He now receives 2 feedings in a row by mouth, and then one by tube. He needs to do this consistently for a few days and then they will move him to taking all feedings by mouth. This new plan started last night and he has taken all of the feedings thus far, so we are hopeful that he is close.
We had a bit of a scare with him a few nights ago. He consistently had some blood in his diaper and the doctor became concerned about the cause, so he ordered an x-ray. The x-ray looked okay, but not completely clear, so he ordered another x-ray for the following morning. Luckily, the next morning it appeared that everything was clear and the doctor was no longer concerned. He removed the fortifier from his diet and believes this was likely the cause for the blood. Anderson has been on breast milk only for the past few days and they are hoping he will continue growing solely on breast milk and then they can keep him off of a fortifier.
Carter is still doing very well with getting his feeding by mouth every other time. He has not consistently taken all of it, so it might be a few days before they increase his feedings by mouth. He definitely knows how to do it, but he just gets tired. As he gets bigger and bigger, it seems to get easier for him to take down the feedings.
Their weights have remained pretty stable. They both lost a bit over the past few days, so they're working on gaining that weight back. Carter weighs 4lbs, 10.5oz and Anderson weighs 6lbs, 7.5oz.
Hopefully one of these days soon we'll be posting that the boys are taking all feedings by mouth and are headed home!
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