Done and done

Logan is out of surgery. He lost about 4 inches of intestine where it had narrowed and nothing would pass through it. His apendix had fallen into his hernia so they took it out then sewed up the hernia. They also successfully circumsised him. He is still heavily sedated (and will be for a few days). Otherwise his vitals are good and he is doing okay. He's still on the vent but will probably be on it at least for a few days.

Today is the day

Logan will be taken to surgery in about an hour and a half. We're beyond nervous. We tried to sleep but I tossed and turned the whole 5 hours we committed to sleep. Oh well. I'll update when he's out of surgery.

Big boy!

My wonder boy is now 3 months old!! In 16 days he will reach gestation day! He is getting so big. He is now 4 pounds 13 ounces.

He takes up a lot of room in his crib, now.

When he was born he barely reached Zach's wrist!

He's a big flirt with all the nurses. He's gonna be a ladies man.

He thinks daddy's hair is the greatest.

He's having surgery on this Wednesday, early in the morning. Please keep him in your prayers.

Save the date

So Logan is (supposedly) having surgery August 31st. Like.....he is SCHEDULED on the 31st. They would have done it tomorrow, but it was full. It frustrates me that if the doc was so sure he was able to have it done this week he should have scheduled him LAST week when it wasn't full. Oh well. So far his prolapsed intestine is doing okay. They put sugar on it to reduce swelling (who woulda thought). Even the nurses seemed confused but they took a little sugar packet like you use for coffee and sprinkled away. WEIRD! Just one more way he's sweet!

In other news he is on NO oxygen support. They took off the nasal canula and he is doing okay. He destated a bit when I fed him but it was because he choked a bit. He got a little extra oxygen just to bring him back up, but otherwise he did fantastic. He is SO CUTE! I forgot my camera today but when I go back tonight I will be sure to get new pictures!

Stay tuned

So just so everyone is on the same page, Logan's ostomy is prolapsed. This means that his intestine is starting to come out of his ostomy. It looks like a big pink worm coming out of his stomach (sorry for a nasty visual). They are keeping a close eye on it because if blood circulation is cut off the tissue, and ultimately that part of the intestine, will die. I'm hoping this will make the surgeons do his reconnection surgery this Wednesday or sooner. I will post again as soon as I know what is going to happen.

Talking to an ass

Yeah, talking to the surgeon only pissed me off more. He isn't concerned about anything but how big he is. His platelets are fine. So here's an idea. Feed him THEN weigh him. INSTANT BIG! The criteria they originally came up with good platelets and 1800-2000 grams. He is 1950 and gains about 50-70 grams a day. Tomorrow he will fit his criteria.

He'll have surgery on Wednesday. Not today! Not last Wednesday. Maybe next Wednesday. WHO KNOWS....other than it will be a Wednesday.

Who knows...

Still haven't heard whether Logan will have a reconection surgery or not on Wednesday... They want to check his platelets again.....even though they were up when they checked them last time...and the time before that.... Meanwhile a nurse tells me that long term TPN causes rickets as well as the liver/kidney damage. WTF why are they dilly dallying with this?! His platelets were fine last week.... I don't know what they are expecting to happen.

New pictures

Got the birds for Logan's Mobile done!!

He can wear clothes, now!

His new digs. He looks pretty snug in there but the crib makes him look so tiny! He's like a little toy baby :P

Today Logan was diagnosed with Stage 1 ROP (Retinopathy of Prematurity). This is the mildest stage of of this condition. It has something to do with the growth of his veins in his eyes. It can develop into some nasty eye issues, but stage 1 generally resolves on its own with no problems.

New pictures!

Jazz hands!

"You don't really see me pulling out my oxygen..."

He folded his arms perfectly under him like that himself.

So in the news of Logan the surgeon came by and said that possibly this coming Wednesday they might put his intestines back together. His central line has this greenish stuff on it that they are going to do a culture on. His oxygen is weened down to 2 liters. All in all he's doing pretty good. Kinda concerned about his central line but I'm trying not to freak out about it yet.

Gotta scan some pictures

The NICU nurses are so nice. They even take pictures of Logan when he has a "Kodak" moment and print them off for me.

So he's doing well on his high flow canula. They were able to ween him down to 2.5 liters of oxygen at 24.6%! That's awesome. They're talking about maybe moving him to a crib and out of the isolet box. He's holding his temperature well. If he can bring his oxygen use to 2 liters or less they'll talk about bottle feeding him, possibly. He's getting big! He now weighs 3 pounds 12 ounces and most of this is him. He's less puffy and more chunky.

He LOVES his pacifier. It's our silence button 'cause it soothes him darn near instantly when get gets it in his mouth. He's also getting good at knowing that he is hungry. About food time he'll start whining and crying and you know that's what he wants. My little guy is growing up :D