He is alert now and always wants to be held.Ħ. he seems to be tight at first and then gets relaxed).

Otherwise, his muscle tone seems to be fine (specially when I do exercises with him. PT says he seems to be fine and has improved a lot but I do notice some tightness when changing the diapers and when he is stretching. reason that he was recovering from the brain trauma at birth and thus was not very active) but since then he has come a long way. He did not have proper muscle tone in the first month (Dr. He is on Prevacid and it seems to be working fine with occassional reflux.ĥ. Enfamil AR was tried next and he had blood in his stool so now they have him on Nutramigen (ready to use) and he seems to be tolerating. Nutramigen AA (available in powder only) suited him well until the hospital decided to stop using powder formula for premature babies. With every formula he was essentially spitting out. He has very bad reflux and has gone through a multitude of formulas. In last 2 days he has managed to take 15 cc in one stretch (once or twice in a day) and the rest goes through NG tube.Ĥ. We have trying to do oral stimulation and for some days he has been showing signs of sucking so day before nurse stuck the bottle in his mouth and to our surprise he took 5 cc. He also does not need suctioning that often but some nurses are more aggressive than others. Now, he is able to swallow (although it is not proper) and his saturation meter goes off may be once or twice in a day. They had to suction his every now and then. talked about having tracheastomy since he was not able to manage his own secretions. He did not have proper suck and swallow and a month ago Dr. MRI came out OK and serial ultrasounds got better. Grade1 and 2 IVH, which seem to have resolved. since then he has been on room air, never had any apnea or bradycardia.Ģ. He was on ventilator for 4 hours, nasal CPAP for 4-5 days and then on nasal canula for 10 days. He had metabolic acedocis at birth due to abruptio placenta.

He was born at 31 wks (now 42 wks) and below is the history of the events and how they have evolved over time ġ. Sorry, it is a bit long but I thought I would share what we have gone through.

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