Friday has finally come and we are very excited to spend another weekend with Baby Carter. We have good reports today. The Lasix has continued to work well. He got his last dose today and we have seen improvements in his lung functioning. They do not like to keep him on the medication too long because of the potential side effects. He is still on 5L but his oxygen content is down to 23-25% whereas it was all the way up to 34% earlier in the week. They have ordered labwork for Monday so that they can monitor his electrolytes since the diuretic has a tendency to make him pee them out. He did lose a little weight and he is at 3 pounds 3 ounces as of last night's shift. The picture below is how Carter gets fed right now. His milk is on a pump over a period of 90 minutes. The milk looks a little yellow because they add a liquid vitamin to it called polyvisol that has iron in it. The other picture is a very peacefully resting Baby Carter. May you all have a great start to your weekend!
You get bigger and cuter every day!
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