Poor thing had 2 heel pricks for blood tests and had to go back for an arm draw. He got 3 shots today as well. Noah is such a gentle fighter, he cried while everything was happening and then immediately stopped once I held him. He's gotten lots of snuggles tonight.
We have a lot of important appointments coming up. His hemangioma (the birthmark on his tummy) needs to be looked at since it's changing shape and has broken open in a few places. We'll go to Children's for that. Another Children's appointment is to see a pediatric surgeon for hernia surgery. That will most likely be an overnight stay and should happen in the next few months.
In addition to
his occupational and physical therapy visits, we'll head back to Aurora
Sinai for his 6 month Developmental Clinic. Looking forward to blowing
his Neonatal team away with how big he's gotten and how great he's
doing!
His Cholestasis is under control! He'll likely be on the medication for his liver until he's one, but we don't have to go back to the pediatric GI specialist for 3 months!
I'm thankful he's alive and healthy. I'm thankful God felt I was strong enough to be his mom and advocate for him. Many NICU preemies go home with many more life-altering conditions. Our hearts break to watch him go through these procedures but he's tougher than all of us combined.
And none of the hubbub of the day stopped him from flirting with the nursing staff. Lots of smiles and coos to go around.
He's getting much better at holding his head up. He's still trying to figure out how to roll over, I think he's really close to actually doing it. He sleeps for 5-6 hours at night straight and loves his big sister. (she's awesome with him!)
All in all, these are so all just details, things we have to muddle through. He does all the hard work, we're just along for the ride. So proud of our miracle fighter.
His Cholestasis is under control! He'll likely be on the medication for his liver until he's one, but we don't have to go back to the pediatric GI specialist for 3 months!
I'm thankful he's alive and healthy. I'm thankful God felt I was strong enough to be his mom and advocate for him. Many NICU preemies go home with many more life-altering conditions. Our hearts break to watch him go through these procedures but he's tougher than all of us combined.
And none of the hubbub of the day stopped him from flirting with the nursing staff. Lots of smiles and coos to go around.
He's getting much better at holding his head up. He's still trying to figure out how to roll over, I think he's really close to actually doing it. He sleeps for 5-6 hours at night straight and loves his big sister. (she's awesome with him!)
All in all, these are so all just details, things we have to muddle through. He does all the hard work, we're just along for the ride. So proud of our miracle fighter.
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