Wires, wires everywhere

Brody's nurses had to move his IV line from his leg to his head. They did this to give his leg a break from the IV. He loves to kick his feet and the IV had been there a while, jostling around each time he kicked. They had to add an IV line into his arm for medicine.

The results from the echocardiogram were that his vessel was open (which they knew from the murmur sound). There are levels of small, moderate, and large and his was large. They did an IV drip of medicine for him that is supposed to close the vessel. He gets that every 24 hours for three days and then they will test him again.

He weighs 1 pound, 9 ounces; just about two ounces less than his birth weight. This is good; he is supposed to be back to his birth weight by about day 10. His original length was reported at 12.5 inches, but we found out today that the centimeter to inch conversion was wrong. He was actually 15 inches long at birth. He grew 1/16th of an inch.

Brody is resting peacefully and his stats are good. The insulin was stopped for now. His glucose level was 68. It will be checked again at midnight. His feedings were increased to 6 mL every three hours. Mama didn't think his tummy could take 6 mL, but it all got in there!