Austin James Kura

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Day 81

Austin weighed 1725 grams or 3 pounds, 12 ounces this evening. Gina went down for a visit after we put the kids to bed and gave him his bath and 9:30 PM feeding. We had a team meeting with the doctor, team of nurses and developmental specialist to discuss Austin's road to coming home. If all goes according to plan, Austin could be home within the next couple weeks.

Austin does have a hernia that will require surgery once he is around 10 pounds. In addition, we are praying that his ROP (Retinopathy of Prematurity) corrects itself without surgery. He is currently at stage 2 with stage 5 being the worst. He is being seen by and ophthalmologist every couple days to closely monitor the ROP. If you care to read more...see link below.

http://www.schepens.com/retinopathy_of_prematurity.htm


Daddy enjoys every opportunity to give Austin his first 10 cc's of breast milk which has his vitamins and medicines mixed in.

What a handsome little guy. He loves his Mommy and looks forward to her visits! After dropping Andrew off for his first day of Kindergarden, Gina and the girls visited Austin this morning. Abbie and Audrey loved hanging out at T.I.C. They were treated like little princesses by the team of nurses.

posted by The Kura Family at 8:51 PM

4 Comments:

  • My thoughts and prayers are with Andrew daily.

    By Blogger Renee, at 5:50 AM  

  • Austin is a heartthrob already!!!!!

    He is so cute and loveable........

    I have put Austin back on our prayer list at church for his eyes and his hernia, he will be flooded with prayer again..........God's Blessings to all who pray for him...and the Kuras

    We love you,
    Melanie and kids, G-Grandma Cross and Uncle Dick

    By Blogger Melanie, at 4:33 PM  

  • Both my girls had ROP and required one round of laser surgery each. All four eyes have vision, so their surgeon is batting 1.000.

    There are a few key questions you should ask prior to surgery, should Austin need it, [heaven forbid]. I can highly recommend my surgeon as a 2nd opinion or sounding board or whatever.

    Please email me if you wish. These diagnoses tend to go quite fast and it's good that your doctor is closely monitoring him. This is about the time in his development when it would become an issue.

    By Blogger Ruth Anne Adams, at 6:05 PM  

  • Thank you for the wonderful updates. It is great to see such progress for Austin and your family. Blessings - the Baierls

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:22 AM  

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