Today's Progress

This is Ethan. Today, Ethan's UVC was removed from his belly button, and this picture was taken just after the drain tube was removed from his tummy. The two bandages seen at the bottom of his belly are where those were. They had to take the tape off the bandage on his belly button to get to the catheter for his tummy, and he was not liking it! The nurse went and got some "Sweet Ease" to dip his paci in and he was happy as a lark. I think they could have done anything to him at that point and he would have just kept sucking on that paci!

Grant is doing great today, too. They increased his feed to 19 ml every three hours. That sounds great to me, considering he started out at 5 ml every three hours just 2 days ago. He is gaining weight and will soon be back up to his birth weight, yay! (My boy is already getting to be a big boy)