Major Milestones

Aaron's met some major milestones in the past week. He continues to do well with his bottle feeding. Most of the time, he is able to take all of his feeds (he is currently up to 45cc/3hrs) by mouth. After a few sessions, though, he tires out. Hopefully, as he tacks on more weight, he will have more and more energy to burn on getting 100% feeds by mouth! Here is a video of him with his pacifier...look how well he sucks on it!

He even found his thumb one of these days.

Aaron's current weight is 1970g (4lbs. 5.34oz). He has actually had 5 nights of weight gain, which is much better than his previous run of 2 nights. We think he's finally gotten a hang of packing on the pounds. And his length is 43.5cm (17.125 inches). Boy, is he one tall baby!!

On Monday (06/15/09) when I visited Aaron he had another huge surprise for me. I almost had a panic attack when I walked to his corner of the NICU and his isolette wasn't there! There appeared to be a new baby in Aaron's spot. I went to go check out what was going on and it turns out that it was MY baby in an OPEN crib! Yay! Aaron finally put on enough weight to maintain his body temperature without buring too many calories! What a joy it was to see him out like that. Just another major milestone on his way home from the NICU!
That night, Aaron also had a visit from uncle Glenn, who was able to hold him for the first time.

Monday was a real busy day for Aaron because he also had an eye exam. As he gets older and his eyes develop more, more information is available to the doctors. During this eye exam, they realized that the ROP has progressed. No surgical intervention is required at this time and we are praying that it is not needed at all. There is still a chance that things can remain stable or improve on their own. However, there is also a chance that it may continue to progress and get worse. We will cross that line when we get to it. Please keep Aaron and his eyes in your prayers.