Little Spence

On Friday I went to the Hospital and was able to feed Spence at 5 and at 8. By the Grace of Heavenly Father, Spence was strong enough to take both bottles back to back. Since Spence was able to eat all of his bottle both times they have decided to bump his feeds up to 4 bottles a day. On Saturday he completed all four of his bottles in the 20-25 minute time frame, so on Sunday the Nurse Practicioner decided to bump his feeds up to 5 bottles a day. Unfortunately Spence was unable to completely finish all of his bottles. Spence was so tired from working so hard on Friday and Saturday, that he was only able to completely finish 3 out of his 5 bottles. As for his Hurnia surgery I am unsure as to when that is going to be done, Spence's primary physician is back with him this week, so I am sure that I will know something more by the end of the day. As for the G-tube and the Acid reflux issue, I have been informed that if Spence is unable to finish all of his bottle feedings after he comes off the Vapotherm, that him having the other two surgeries would be the best bet at getting him home sooner. The Docotor's and Nurse's don't like to keep healthy babies in the NICU only for bottle feeding issues. The reasoning behind this is they don't want healthy babies that are a little slow at eating around babies that still have the possibility of getting really sick. I understand this reasoning, because I wouldnt want to chance Spence getting sick either. If Spence does have to have surgery, it will set him back a little. Making his coming home time most likely in mid -late September. On Friday Spence weighed 6 pounds 13 ounces but as of yesterday Spence weighs 6 pounds 10 ounces. Spence has lost some weight due to how hard he has been working to eat this past weekend. Eating and being held is rather stressful for him, and when he stress's he burns calories. His liter flow is now at 2 and his oxygen percentage is between 35% -45%.