WHO'S HUNGRY?

Justin is hungry! The poor guy has been so mad that they were giving him all this food and then they took it all away! Darn infection! But, good news, we started back at 1ml per hour today! 

They have confirmed his infection is a strep infection and have tailored antibiotics specifically for that. He will be on them for a minimum of 10 days and could go as long as 21 days. They also did another tummy X-Ray today and have confirmed that he does not have NEC. They took the tube out of his mouth/tummy today and I'm pretty sure he would have taken it out for them if they didn't. The tube was there to take out all the milk and air from his tummy when they noticed the infection. The doctor said that he is a little anemic (normal) and they will continue to watch that. It is hard enough for babies to produce red blood cells in the first place and they have been taking so much blood for all these tests that it is even harder for him. They will leave him on high-flow today at 4 liters because he is still not up to his full energy level yet. Once he is feeling a little better they will start to decrease that but the doctor just wants to help him out a little since he has had a rough start to the week. They will draw blood at some point today and recheck that for the infection hoping that it is all out of his system. The way he has been acting, it should be!

A pretty calm day in the NICU today...at least at our bedside. There have been tons of new babies admitted so the place is always buzzing. Hopefully things stay quiet in bed 7 (that's us).