He is up to 8lbs. 8 oz.!!!! We're hoping to get him as close to 10 lbs. before surgery as we can. That just seems to be the 'magic' weight that the doctors like for these little guys when they do surgery, so I think we'll be pretty close!
The past two weeks have been so hard as we try to keep his feeding tube in! He has had to wear mittens on his hands since we brought him home to keep his little hands from pulling out his tube. When we are changing clothes, bathing, etc., we have to keep his hands away from his face or else he will catch a finger by his nose and pull on the little bump that sits there! His hands are so fast and he has caught it a couple of times already. It hurts when he yanks on it and he always looks at us like, "Hey, what are you doing to me? Why did you do that?"
Several times when he's eating he will pull his tube out and his milk will end up soaking him and his bedding. Usually that's in the middle of the night and I discover it at the next feeding. Poor guy, he's probably wondering why his tummy is still hungry. We will not miss having the feeding tube, that's for sure!!! Lately it has become a daily routine of him pulling it out and me putting it back in....several times a day!!! Soooo looking forward to his G-tube!
This past weekend, Sabrina came home for a quick visit and she brought our niece, Sierra with her! It was so fun having them here for a few days! Of course, Sabrina took care of all our animals (her cow was out of sorts and needed some doctoring), she loved on the puppies and went to the Feed Store and got us stocked back up on grain, etc., for the animals! She took her cousin with her to the Feed Store and Sierra came home with a bunny for her birthday! Haha, thank goodness Sabrina can't have pets at college! :)
I will post a couple of pics from our weekend!
Had to post this! A boy and his dog....it's a beautiful thing!!
Sierra loving her new cousin!!!
She loves this boy so much!!!! When we see her at Thanksgiving, she won't even recognize him!!!
3 comments:
That's great news! It will be so nice to not have that feeding tube! He is so adorable. We have wanted to come see him but know you are very busy. Nathan has Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays off, so maybe you could invite us over on one of those days in a few weeks when he has recovered from his surgery. Annalee asks to go see "cousin Jasmine" all the time! Only bad thing about our new house--we see less of you guys!
Although it is more work for you, the fact that he is active and strong makes me smile. Thank you.
Betty, I couldn't agree with you more!!! It does my heart good to see how 'busy' he is!! Sandi, we will have you over soon!!! I'm hoping after surgery, some of our doctor's visits will slow down! :)
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