June 28, 2010

Elephant Hat

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May 5, 2010

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My Favorite TV Shows

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Sesame Street is for babies.
I'm a big boy and love watching Legend of the Seeker
with mommy and auntie Anh, but when dad is around
I like to watch basketball!!

April 17, 2010

Chubby Cheeks

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We can't help but to keep constantly kissing and pinching Eli's baby cheeks. We've checked but he's not hiding anything in there.

Tummy Time

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Doctors orders, daily tummy time for Eli. He's getting much better at holding his head up all by himself.

St. Patty's Day

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Where's your green?

March 5, 2010

Homeward Bound

Posted by Renee at 7:04 PM 1 comments

Eli was discharged from the hospital Tuesday, March 2. Since Eli was very lucky to progress so well, he left early, 36 weeks and 3 days gestation age to be exact. He looks quite big in the car seat, but actually Eli was only 4.5 pounds (now closer to 5) at the time. He's still too small for large crowds so his welcoming home party will have to wait. We'll continue to post his progress in the meantime.

February 17, 2010

The Beverly Hills of Miller Children's Hospital

Posted by Elvin Jaurigue at 4:10 PM 1 comments

Eli has moved once again to what some of the NICU nurses call "Beverly Hills." It is the new NICU wing of Miller Children's Hospital. Everything is nice and spic and span and in pristine condition. This will also be the last (hopefully) room Eli goes to before he leaves the hospital. Each of the babies in this wing gets their own little cubicle. It doesn't look like much space in the picture but it is a world of difference. We even get our own rocking chair! Eli is doing great still, he just received some vaccinations and will be weaning from the incubator when he reaches 1800 gms. He is currently 1691 gms. (3lbs 11oz) He's slowly getting there. He just recently started bottle feeding and breastfeeding. Since he is still small he only does it twice a day because it burns so many calories. He needs to build his endurance so that he can eventually take all his feedings without the need of a tube.

February 11, 2010

Day 61

Posted by Elvin Jaurigue at 5:04 PM 0 comments

Eli is back to his routine of full feedings every three hours. For Eli's weight, which is now 3 1/2 pounds!, a full feeding is 29 ccs almost 1 fluid oz.

His corrected age is now 34 weeks, which is about the time preemies develop sucking and swallowing reflexes. He's been pretty good with the pacifier, so hopefully the transition to bottle feeding goes well. Come next week an occupational therapist will work with with Eli to coordinate breathing, sucking, and swallowing all at the same time. They tend to burn a lot of calories while feeding, so this is usually a slow process starting once a day, progressing to a couple time a days, until all his feedings come exclusively from the bottle.

February 3, 2010

Update - Day 52

Posted by Renee at 10:26 PM 0 comments

Lots of updates, sorry for not being able to update as often. Eli had a short stint of intestinal infection, fancy word necrotizing enterocolitis. But as you can see with the help of antibiotics, he is recovering quite well. Eli is up to 3 lb 2oz and should gain even more when feedings continue next week.

You'll also notice he doesn't need his nasal cannula anymore. He has been breathing room air on his own for three straight days now. Keep up the good work Eli!
 

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