Day 4

Today is Day 4 in the NICU. Drew continues to amaze us. Today he is totally off iv fluid. They pulled out the iv as well because his blood sugars were good when tested. He had 32mL of milk at his last feeding. This will probably increase throughout the day. He is on 2 liters of air flow. This too should go away completely before the day ends. He actually has been pulling the prongs out of his nose and his levels remain the same. He weighs 5lbs 3.9oz as of 5am this morning. Weigh tends to go down when iv fluid is discontinued. He hasn't gone down too much because his feedings have increased.  Drew is now in his own room. He was sharing with a little 1lb 24 weeker, but that baby moved next door when a room opened up. They usually don't put more than one baby in a room, but have had to recently due to all the preemie births. Drew was one of four 33 weekers born on Tuesday. He was moved into a crib this morning. His billiruben levels are still high, so they are continuing the billy blanket phototherapy along with an overhead light. Drew gets cuter each time we see him!