Two Weeks

So my baby has officially been in the NICU for two weeks, yap he's two weeks old now and still has not been home. But we are hoping that he will get to come home soon! Let me break down these past two weeks since its changed just about every day!

July 8th - 11:02 he was born
July 9th - 2am was put in NICU and put on cpap
July 10th- His lungs were full of fluid and his right lung collapsed
July 11th- I had to leave the hospital with out him, and he was INTUBATED
July 12th- Right lung was doing better and starting to expand
July 13th- they started to ween his oxygen down
July 14th- They got him all they way down to 84% oxygen, we breath 21% so that was great
-Slowed his sedation down from every four hours to every 12
- First feeding of 5 mL breast milk
- Big sister got to touch him for the first time, and the first time we were all in the room as a family of four!
July 15th- I was able to hold him for the first time since he had been in there!
July 16th- VENT IS GONE! Back on cpap :/ First bath, yes his very first bath!
July 17th- More alert
July 18th- CPAPS GONE!!! now just a nasal cannula, no more feeding tube he gets a bottle now!
- Out of warming bed and into normal hospital bassinet
July 19th- Increased feeding to every 3 hours still just 5 mL, and another bath!
July 20th- Increased the amount of food
July 21st- Took out the nasal cannula, Put the feeding tube BACK in to help him out on every other feeding. And I got
mastitis so I'm banned from the hospital until I dont run fever for 24 hours!
July 22nd- Speech came to make sure he wasn't having tongue problems, and he doesn't so he just gets really tired when
eating (WHAT MAN DOESNT) They started to add extra calories to his milk and he's now at 1.5oz ever three
hours!

And in between all of that we've also had to keep L happy but she has not really taken well to being dropped off every were, and it's really sad when we get in the car and she ask are you going to drop me off? But we know it will end soon and things will be MUCH better! But we have been so blessed to have such great friends and family to help out with L! So thanks to everyone who has helped keep her in these past weeks!