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On the road to recovery

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Well it's been a very slow and rocky road as we are now entering day 47 of our precious little angel's life.
My apologies for not blogging on the progress, this is mainly because to me it felt as though there was little to no progress, and yet when I now look back over the last 47 days and especially the 3 weeks since his last surgery and my last blog post we have made HUGE progress.
Milestones and progress tracking:
On the 5 December, mom and dad were able to hold him for the first time, still on a pillow to protect his tender little body, but a very emotional time.
On 14 December - successful surgery to remove part of his bowel due to blockage caused by scar tissue adhesion.
16 December - taken off ventilator and onto oxygen
19 December - oxygen level reduced to 21% (almost the minimum). Not feeding yet due to large quantity of bile still being suctioned out from his stomach
23 December - first feed given via NG tube
25 December - mom and dad able to hold him again and feed increased to 15ml every 3 hours as he has passed his first stool since he started feeding after the op (hard to believe we get excited by such things )
27 December - bile seems to be decreasing and feeds increased to 35 ml every 3 hours. They suction his stomach prior to feeding to check for bile content, feed him via nasal tube, wait about an hour and then suction again. Taken off oxygen this morning, now breathing on his own - his collapsed lung has also re-inflated
28 December - Feed increased to 45ml. Feeds being alternated, 2 tube feeds, 1 bottle.
29 December - moved from ICU to High-care. Mom and dad are now able to change his nappy, dress him and pick him up whenever they want to. Making wonderful progress, he now looks like a healthy baby
1 Jan - feeds changed to alternate 1 bottle, 1 tube, increasing volume daily
4 Jan - feeds now at 75 ml, 2 bottle, 1 by tube - hoping that his sucking will strengthen enough to begin breastfeeding. Had all his inoculations today in preparation for discharge sometime soon.

Updated 01-06-2015 at 07:18 AM by SharonWatt

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