Life in the Bubble: Ten weeks 1 day old

Our Mr. Pants continued his cranky behavior last night. His nurse tried everything, but all he wanted was to eat (and eat and eat and eat). Around 5 am this morning, the doctors moved Evan to ad lib feedings. This means he can take as much as he wants. They'll let him sleep and when he wakes up, he feeds. At 5:30 am, he slurped down 60 mL and would have kept going but his nurse didn't want to cause him to throw up.

Evan's antibiotics were discontinued overnight as the cultures came back negative for infection. He was also given his final dose of dex (steroid) at 11 pm.

Evan took down 80 mL for me at 8:30 am. He just kept going! I had never seen him so content once he was done. I was also able to start back up with breast feeding.

Evan had his eye check up today. The eye doctor said that he still sees the stage 3+ (plus) ROP, but it hasn't gotten worse. We have another follow up appointment next week. Evan will continue to be monitored over the next few months as his eyes continue to heal and develop.

Evan is back off all respiratory support. He wasn't on the support for his eye exam and he was a champ. The exam is very quick (about 10-15 minutes), but the doctor is looking into his dilated eyes with a bright light. The first eye exam resulted in Evan dropping his heart rate. This exam resulted in a few cries.

We were moved to a new room after the eye exam. This room seems huge compared to our first room. It's also so much louder now that we're not in an isolation room. It was a little deafening at first. Thankfully, Evan slept through the whole thing, even wheeling right through the noisy doctor's hub!