3 weeks old

For his 3 week present the docs decide to do a little procedure which Logan went through easily and so far hasn't had any complications or side effects. He is now over 2 pounds and holding. They've upped his feeding to about 14 oz every 3 hours. They're going to start adding fortifier to it starting Monday or Tuesday to increase the calories and nutrients so he'll super gain weight. He will be my fat baby :)

Happy Fathers Day to Zach

The nurses at NICU made this for Zach

He kinda looks like he's smiling.

Fathers day was the first day Zach held Logan. He was really excited.

His borrowed hat made him look like a tiny gnome :P

He doesn't like the light.

As of today, Logan weighs 2 pounds and .7 ounces! They've doubled the amount of his feedings to about 4cc every 3 or 4 hours. Grow Logan grow!!

2 weeks old....post is a little late.

Red? or Blonde?

So as of the 16th Logan was 2 weeks old! He has started feedings ( a whole 2 ccs a feeding ) and has tolerated them so far. A couple new issues have popped up, though. He has a buildup of gunk in his lungs so they are starting treatment on that which includes just patting his lung area and suctioning the gunk out ( I think). Also he's had a couple high blood pressures. I tried talking to the nurse about it today but she was busy and I feel like because our friend Charlie and his girl friend was with us, she didn't want to talk about his medical stuff. Either way she didn't act like it was a huge concern so I feel like it'll be okay. Then again at first I felt like his NEC (intestinal holes) weren't that big a deal until I looked it up online and found out how serious it was.

Overall I thought he looked pretty good. He's riding the ventilator a lot but that is to be expected for awhile. His color is good and he's wiggly like a baby. Hopefully this new stuff will be easily treated.

We love you, Logan!

Let there be poop

We went to see Logan and caught rounds. So much good news. His blood work is coming back favorably. He's still pretty red but that is due to the blood transfusion. He is up 2 oz from birth weight so he is an ounce away from being 2 pounds. The most exciting thing is he's starting to pass poop through his illiostomy. The docs thought it'd be a few more days, but it seems Logan is ahead of the curve. He is handling his care really well and he isn't in much pain. They took him off the pain killer drip and now he has PRN (as needed) pain killers. He is wiggly and acting like a baby. He sucks on his vent tube a bit and throws gang signs. lol....

some questions are pretty stupid

So most times when we go see Logan we get a, "this and this is okay and he is looking good." That usually is sufficient to keep me happy. Lately I see other babies come in and they're all bigger than Logan so I finally asked a kinda scary question. How often do you see babies as small? Her answer, "not as often as every other kind of baby but fairly enough." Which lead me to ask, "how often do 25 weekers leave with their parents." By now I'm kicking myself. Why would I ask such a stupid question?! She goes ahead and answers and surprises me with a, "a lot of the time." She said she's personally seen a 24 week go home. She says that though that sounds like good answers and might bring some relief that Logan is still a sick baby. She showed me his xrays and where I was thinking he had a little air in his stomach before he had surgery.....no....no he had a MASSIVE amount of air. It was horrible (yet oddly fascinating). She explained all his blood work he had been getting and showed how they figured out he was sick. I could see how his white blood cells went up and everything. It was amazingly comforting that I was allowed to physically see the numbers and how they dropped and climbed. It was also really scary how it did it so fast. It was a rough night for me. I was kind of floating on cloud 9 not really thinking about how sick Logan really is. He still has to fight off the infection and any infection he gets (which btw he has so many portals of entry for infection it's insane) and heal his organs....oh and grow and develop like a normal baby. He has such a big job for such a little one.

TV man says Logan is doing good

We went to see Logan during rounds today. That's when all the docs and special nurses walk around and talk about how each baby is doing. We walk in and the first thing I notice is the giant TV on wheels and extra people standing around it talking to each other. My first thought is, "Oh God what's happened?!" As I stand there I notice that someone is talking and the doctors are answering the TV. I figure out that it was a conference with the surgeon that did Logan's surgery. They even got a special camera to show the doctor his colostomies that was super high def. It was really kinda cool to watch.

All the doctors are impressed with how Logan is doing. His oxygen has been acting up and he doesn't have much bowel sounds but both are to be expected since he just had surgery. I am guessing by Monday he should be doing really well. Also he had a sonogram on his head and they reported that his brain is looking good.

So Happy

Today Logan is 7 days old. I was able to hold him for the first time. Words cannot describe how joyful I am that I had this opportunity. I feel on top of the world right now.

That shows how little his hands are.

He just looks so relaxed.

After his surgery he is doing much better.

Open your eyes

Went to see him around 4:30pm. He was fidgeting a little and when we talked to him he opened his eyes and looked around a little.

Just a little to early and never too late

So if you didn't already know our first child, Logan, was brought into the world June 2nd at 25 weeks and 3 days. He was 13 inches long and weighed a whopping 1 pound 12 oz. He came via emergency c section and when he was out he took his own first breaths, opened his eyes, and cried out. Just like a normal baby, just tiny tiny tiny.

His first few days were pretty uneventful, as far as a preterm baby goes. A nurse tried to warn us of a "honeymoon stage" but I tried to ignore it. I didn't want to think that my baby, after showing so many signs of being healthy, could get sick.

A few days later they discovered air in his intestines. They happened on it while pitting in a permanent IV line. They had to insert a tiny little tube into his stomach and drain any more air or fluids. This was going very well. His blood work had started to improve.

This morning I got a call around 7am saying that his blood work showed a possible infection so they wanted to do surgery on his intestine thinking that the hole should just be sewn up. When they got there they discovered several holes and he had poop in his cavity. They cleaned him out and sewed up all the holes they could find. They also put in a tiny little colostomy bag to rest his bowels so they can heal.

So far he has handled the surgery well. Last I checked on him the anesthesia was beginning to wear off. He was starting to twitch and move. He was attempting breath movements on his own (his ventilator was doing all the work before). He would open his eyes a bit and his color was good. The dr said he didn't lose much blood at all and his vitals looked okay. We are very hopeful that this problem is now fixed.

We love our Logan very much. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.