More Gain!

Funny how much free time there is late at night when you have to stay up to give a med at 12am! We are hoping that he gets weaned from this med soon so one of us won't have to stay up so late every night.

Mason is still steadily gaining weight. He was at 8lbs 13oz on Friday's visit to the Pediatrician. His tube feeds were increased from 23cc's/hr to 27cc's/hr. This was a pretty big jump for him but he handled it well. We are expecting to see a big gain at Wednesday's appointment (hopefully over 9lbs).

Mason is still having some reflux issues and seems to be in some pain when he is refluxing. Sometimes it is hard to tell if he is really upset because of gas or reflux. We are going to talk to our Pulmonologist on Wednesday to see if they can give him a medication to decrease stomach acid production. Since Mason is not fed into his stomach, he is just refluxing stomach acid and saliva. He is currently taking a med to neutralize the acid, but it seems to still leave him uncomfortable.

His lungs have been clear for the last few weeks and he has stopped coughing like he did when he was in the NICU. The only time he coughs now is when he is about to reflux. He has been on neubulizer breathing treatments 2 times per day to help him open up his lungs and breathe easier. Now that his lungs are more "dry" thanks to his diuretics and he is not coughing, we are wondering if we will be able to decrease the frequency of these treatments.

Mason is now rolling from his tummy to his back more often. He seems to have it figured out. He is also trying to laugh. He doesn't have this one down yet, but you can tell he is trying. He is also batting at some of his toys and he even batted at the dog today :)

Here is a picture of him on Sunday afternoon cheering on the lions!