Gestational Age:39 weeks
Birth Age: 13 weeks
Weight: 6lbs. 13oz.
Kai is going strong in the IICN. He's about ready to come home soon especially since his due date is right around the corner (Sunday). However he has a hernia on his groin that is very common in preemies that requires surgery. While he's undergoing that surgery they might fix his umbilica hernia as well.
With all that, he still needs to be circumsized so all of this will push his discharge date out to possibly the 21st.
He's still taking about half of his feeds from bottle and I'm going to try to be at the hospital more often to nurse since he's been doing well with that also.
Currently he gets 60mL's of milk and will either take about 30mL's from the bottle consecutively or take the whole 60 every other feed. So if he can't take all of his feeds before he is discharged he might have to go home with feeding tube & we'll have to learn how to do gavage feedings.
His development therapist has been checking in on him recently as well and likes what she sees. His muscles are not too tight and has good range of motion and she also showed me how to do tummy time with him to help strengthen his head and neck. They'll keep assessing him before he leaves and he'll also see a specialist once he's home.
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