This weekend has been wonderful but a whirlwind as I believe they all are, anymore honestly I have no idea what day it is only know that if Travis isn't at work it's the weekend...
Tennyson is doing great, we're still dealing with the reflux issue and the desat issue however he's holding his own. We visited with Dr. Porte around reflux medications because he is sometimes in such pain and squeaking (those are his cries) that it's heartbreaking but he stated they don't like to give reflux medication before 35 weeks of age (we'll be 32 tomorrow) and the reflux medication kills the acid in the stomach which allows bacteria and yeast to grow which is not something our little guy could tolerate at this point so it's not something Dr. Porte is willing to do.
Saturday night he weighed in at 3 lbs. 14.7 oz. and last night weighed 4lbs. 0.04oz. So we've hit the four pound mark. Granted they say he's been gaining so rapidly that he will probably again lose some however currently we're there. I'm sure it has nothing to do with him eating 33ML/2HR with a 24 calorie fortifier added to it, having an hour break and doing it all over again, could it??
He did so great with visits from both sets of grandparents, as Granny and Poppie (Ted & Connie) were here Friday night and Saturday and then Nana Jo and Papa (Robert & Mary Jo) were here Saturday night and Sunday. We feel so terrible because it seems like we don't get to spend much time with everyone while they're here but we're so thankful they think enough of our little one and us to make the sacrifice and make the trips. He is so precious and I think so much bigger than before however none of them think he looks "big" by any means :)
Today he had tons of labs drawn and everything came back great, including a test showing he is in fact producing red blood cells so that's great. There will be another transfusion however at this time he's holding his own so they aren't going to do the transfusion now.
They test a bunch of 'cytes' like monocytes, leukocytes, etc. The nurse stated if all of these are high that's an indicator that there is an infection present however currently his monocytes are the only thing that is elevated (he gets that from his mother as she's had mono before, I'm sure). The nurse practitioner is reviewing his chart and will make a decision on what to do from the labs however at this time we haven't heard anything.
He and I kangarooed this morning and he did great, his oxygen has been turned up to 23% however he didn't desat once so they are claiming he gets a gold star for today if he keeps it up.
The nurse practitioner Jeanie who was there when he was born has been away teaching a course and couldn't believe how much he'd grown and how great he looked and sounded today as she's been gone for five days. She thinks he's pretty handsome and I have to agree...
Yesterday Travis was the soundmaster at CCO and let me just tell you, it was loud but sounded great. It's amazing how refreshing those moments are. Though I haven't made it through a service, especially the song portion without having a breakdown as the words are just so true, it's beautiful.
Again many thanks to all of you for taking the time to visit this site and lift us up, we know without you interceding for us at this time we wouldn't be doing so well, so again thank you.
Continue lifting up our little guy, can you believe it's already been three weeks??!!
Crying out to the Creator-
Travis, Lindsay & Tennyson Myers
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