My clothes wearing Beckett, which the nurse tonight said that even the preemie onesie is huge! (Amanda, its the dynomite onesie you gave me) he is up on his oxygen a little, 29 to 31 percent, but he is laying on his left side, and doesn't like that as much. He is tolerating his feeds, his last residual was only 1 ml. Pretty good for eating 25 mls now! Tonight he weighs 2 lbs 9.8 oz. His heart rate has been around 160 and 170, which is kind of where he trended last time he didn't tolerate the caffiene, before it went even higher. But...he is a bigger boy now, and that caffiene increase attempt was 2 weeks ago. His Retic (bloodwork indicator of how well he is producing baby red cells) count was 243. This is good news. Norm is around 75, so this means his body is responding to the need for more red blood cells to help his hemoglobin and hematocrit!
The human body is so amazing...even such a tiny human body. Praying for a calm, restful night, and praising God for a good day today.
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