NICU - Day 26

• Madison is doing GREAT at her feedings...She even pulled out her NG (spelling??) tube and they said they won't put it back in unless they have to because she's doing so great on her bottles. We were told yesterday Sunday would be the day she could come home. There was some confusion as to whether or not it would really be Sunday because of a routine head ultrasound they have to do. At first back when I was told she might becoming home this last Friday they mentioned the ultrasound (they perform them on every preterm baby born before 32 weeks gestation when they reach the 35 week mark). At first I was told they can only perform the ultrasounds on weekdays so if she happened to reach her feeding goal over the weekend they wouldn't let her go home until Monday because of the ultrasound. Then I was told by another nurse that they actually do perform them on weekends, they just prefer not to because it's more of a hassle. Well, Madison is doing so great that it looks like she might pass her feeding requirement by tomorrow and would normally be able to come home then. The nurse that called me today however said the Neonatologist wants to wait til Monday to do the ultrasound. What jerks...I say if the baby is ready to come home and they are able to perform the ultrasounds on the weekends why make the parents suffer through another day of waiting to have their baby home?! Anyway, that's my two cents for the day.
• Mason is still chugging along...nothing new to post about him other than he's continuing to gain weight...wonder when he'll decide to catch up to Madison on the bottle feeding?
• Evan is doing awesome. They started him on his feeds yesterday...they start out slow and increase the amount very slowly. Yesterday he was on 6mls. and today they increased it to 11. So far he's tolerating it really well.