Update

Mason's Pediatrician called this week and she and the Pulmonary docs agree that Mason needs more calories to grow a bit faster. He has a lot of catching up to do :) They increased his tube feeds to 23 cc's / hr. He is continuing to take a bottle every few hours, but has some good and bad days. Some days he consistently sucks down 15 - 20 cc's, other days he wants nothing to do with the bottle. With continuous feeds, his gut probably feels full and he is not experiencing hunger like a normal baby. What he feels is really anyone's guess. We do know that everything seems to be making its way out :)

Mason had his eyes checked today to make sure his prematurity and oxygen support did not cause any issues. I am happy to report that his doc said he had gorgeous eyes! Everything looks good. We will have a follow up in January. Unfortunately he had to have his eyes dilated for the appointment and is very cranky and sensitive to light today.

We have an appointment with his Pediatric Surgeon on Friday. He will be weighed and have a chest x-ray taken to monitor his lung growth and make sure there are no issues with his previous surgeries. We are hoping that Mason will weigh in over 8lbs and we are also hoping to find out what the plan is for his feeds. We are hoping to have an NG tube now, but we know that he has reflux issues and that this may cause problems with his lungs. His NJ tube seems to be clogging/kinking more and more often (usually right in the middle of the night with alarms waking all of us up). It sure would be nice not to be tied to continuous feeds.