Cason just got the PIC line out of his arm
I have been spending a lot of time with Cason this week since Austin and Calvin have gone home. We have been doing "skin to skin" twice a day all week. It is going really well. He is up to 30 mls feedings every 3 hours. We are going to try to dry breast feeding next. Dry breast feeding is when the preemie is placed at the mother's breast [after she has pumped] and lets the baby smell, and play so that he may get used to the breast. They try to do this before they begin to bottle feed so that baby will be familar with breast and have an easier time starting to breast feed.
Cason also got his PIC line taken out this week. The PIC line is where the antibiotics, the TPN [liquid multi-vitamin] and lipids [liquid fats] went. He is done with his antibiotics and he is off the TPN and lipids now that he has the nutrition of the breast milk.
He is still having some "events" where he forgets to breathe but they are short and most of the time he recovers himself very quickly. This is just another "preemie thing" because his lungs and coordination are not completely developed yet.
He has had a great week and just needs to continuing growing and developing so we can take him home to meet everyone!
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