Residual

Sorry I forgot in the last post to mention that he had at his 11pm feeding 4ML of residual and at his 2AM feeding 7.4 ML of residual. What that means, I had to ask this morning is that that was the amount of undigested milk in his stomach left after his feeding. They stated they're not overly concerned at this time as this morning his residual was only 1ML however if it elevates again and continues they will run additional testing as those are signs of digestional distress meaning we'll have a kink or clog somewhere which of course can lead to once again, infection.

We were also told last night by the nursing staff these next five weeks (at least) will be a real roller coaster as he's done so great up till recently and he's still doing well, just not as well as he was that he will begin having more issues. He will be showing more of what's not quite working properly and the neonatologists will continue pushing his little body as far as they can to determine his limits and see where additional developments are needed. This means according to them that there will be many more downs with some ups but not as many as we've had thus far. Please keep us in your prayers as it's been hard enough to experience the reflux and desats as they scare us out of our minds however these are minor compared to what we could have experienced (we know the Lord is continuing to hold His little one in His hands and providing for his development through all of this).

Anyways again all our love and thanks.

Amazed by Grace-
Travis, Lindsay & Tennyson Myers