We continue to progress towards getting Naomi and Evan home, but there are some small problems that keep cropping up that are keeping them in the hospital.
Naomi is growing very well and at her last weigh-in was 5 lbs. 2 oz., a rather dramatic increase of 8 oz. over her original birth weight (plus the initial drop after birth). So on that front she's making good progress. In fact, I think the doctors were just about ready to send her home yesterday, but I guess the news sent her into a bit of a panic. She started to show the similar signs of her apnea again yesterday and her oxygen saturation levels kept dropping, so she's now back on a little bit of oxygen (and probably guaranteed another week in the NICU).
Evan is also progressing well, he's up to 3 lbs. 13 oz., a gain of 5 oz. over his birth weight. He's gotten much better at taking a full bottle too, and so they took out his NG tube (the feeding tube) yesterday. His biggest issue? Occasional drops in his heart rate (the doctors had a very large word that I don't think I could repeat orally much less attempt to write down), about once a day. The hospital likes for the baby to go seven days without one of these events, and he's not making it 24 hours. So, he's also looking at least another week.
Both of the problems they are having are very common in preemies, so we're not concerned about their health at all. It's just a matter of giving them enough time to grow up.
Everyone have a good weekend!
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