Carter has been doing well today. He had Speech Therapy earlier today and had his bottle taking 19 mL before he started to breath to quick and had to stop. We will be going over tomorrow to work with Speech Therapy and learn more about his feeds. Carter had his eye exam today and he is stage 0 ROP which is an improvement from his last exam. We are one step closer to a normal exam. When the exam is done Retinopathy of Prematurity is recorded based on Zone, Stage and Plus Disease. I attached a link that describes the different levels. He had his electrolytes checked today also and his potassium was at 5.5 since he was getting supplemental potassium with the Lasix. Since the Lasix has been stopped it will likely go back to normal pretty quickly. And lastly Mary at my work has been very excited to know what Carter's length is so after careful measurement he is 17 inches long now. He has grown 4 inches the past 9 weeks.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001618.htm
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