Sunday, March 20, 2011

One week old


Brody is one week old today! He lost his PICC line last night because it infiltrated. The veins in his tiny body are very weak, so the catheter broke through and fluid leaked into his abdomen. The fluid re-absorbed into his body and he peed it out. He is back up to his birth weight, but he is still getting rid of some fluid so he'll lose weight again. Another PICC will be tried soon, but for now he is getting his nutrients through an IV. His feedings were increased to 5 mL every three hours. He will eat every 3 hours now until he goes home, but the amount will be increased as tolerated. So far he is tolerating his feedings very well. He has a couple small sores below his belly button that they are putting Bacetracin on and it seems to be improving.
Dad changing a poopy diaper
It is so bright in here.

1 comment:

  1. Awww!!! Brody is too cute! Good job on the diaper Russ :)

    Thanks for all of these posts - it's so nice to be able to see updates on Brody and see his sweet little face. Hugs to all three of you!

    Krista

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