Day 36

The girls are feeling 100% better and Andrew is in OH with MiMi and PaPa for the weekend. Gina visited Austin this afternoon and was able to hold him for about an hour. She really loves kangaroo care with our little guy. The whimpers I mentioned a few days ago have turned into full blown cries. He already knows what he likes and what he doesn't.

Austin is on a combination of a nasal cannula and a CPAP mask. The plan is to rotate between the two every 3 hours. The cannula gives him 2 ml of pressure and the CPAP mask gives him 5 ml of pressure. Austin made it known that he didn't care for the prongs in his nose which is one of the reasons the doctors are trying a mask. A nasal cannula is simply what we would have if we needed oxygen...just a smaller version. The picture above was taken prior to the change to the cannula / mask combination. He is all swaddled up to keep him from tugging on his prongs.

He weighed in at 830 grams this evening which is just over 1 pound, 13 ounces...on our way to 2 pounds! Praise the Lord. He is cranking through 15 cc's (half of an ounce) of breast milk every 3 hours.