Life in the Bubble: Nine weeks 1 day old

Sorry for the lack of post yesterday. We had a long afternoon/evening.

Yesterday morning was great. Evan nursed for two feelings and sufficiently stuffed himself both times. He is such a good eater. :)

I knew he was scheduled for an eye exam but left before the doctor came in. Just as I got home, the hospital number flashed on my phone. The eye doctor had examed Evan and the ROP had progressed and he needed immediate eye surgery. Thankfully we are only about a half hour from the hospital. I got back to Evan and held him while we waited for an isolation room to open up. Unfortunately the isolation rooms are part of the same room Evelyn was in for her three days. It's tough being in this room again even under different circumstances.

The eye surgery took about four hours. The doctor is very meticulous. Evan was sedated and paralyzed again. He's also back on the conventional ventilator. It's kind of heartbreaking to see Evan immobilized and incubated again especially since he was just back to himself after the hernia surgery. He's not eating now and will have to start back on 5 mL of milk when he is extubated. Hopefully they'll be able to increase his food quickly again like they did after he was extubated from the hernia surgery.

I'll add pictures tonight once I'm back home. I'm updating from the iPad and don't have pictures on it. Evan was super cute yesterday.