These pics were taken yesterday while the nurses were changing his sheets every one comments on how alert he is and the way he lays when he is asleep. So cute
Friday, March 13, 2009
Thanks
We would just like to say thanks for all the comments and emails that we receive it is really appreciated. We just cant wait to take him home and introduce him to everyone. We are planning a meet Matt day when we get home and settled a little and everyone will be welcome to come over to our house.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Matts Surgery update
Well Matt had his surgery on Sunday morning, that was one of the hardest days waiting to see how the surgery went. It started at 10.30 and finished at about 11 it went well the Dr told us he had a large PDA so he put 2 clips on it. We went and saw Matt and he looked good, they were watching his blood pressure as now his body has to re root the way the body pumped the blood he was on morphine and blood pressure meds and it is working well as now he is only on morphine and that has been decreased and he is back to feeding 5mls every 2 hrs they will slowly increase back to full feeds.
He also got weighed and now 1627g so he is getting bigger. We spent the afternoon and night with him on Sunday making the most of the open cot i can get more contact with him. We were expecting him to be asleep but no he was awake and got some nice photos of him hopefully i will get to load them here. I held him while the nurse changed his bedding, not the hold where he is close to me but boy he is getting heavier, so cute he is. The way you comfort a preemie is cup his head so i was able to do that more and he played with my finger was nice not long now till we can have proper cuddles and into an open cot. All the wait will be worth it. As i say to Darryl this long road is coming to an end and a new journey will be here soon. Its hard to imagine it will be 4 yrs this week that i first found out i was pregnant 4 pregnancy's in 4 yrs and finally we are getting to keep this little one. All the wait is worth it cos Matt is a miracle and so beautiful to watch just watching his expressions we get to see his personality which is so cute.
We can already see some improvement from the surgery he is desating a lot less which is good so hopefully we can say the surgery is a success now all we have to do is let him recover and see the settings go down on the ventilator and move forward onto cpap then we will be closer to coming home. We go to Traralgon hospital before we come home completely but it will be nice to be living in our own house, i havent lived there properly since October 7th last year. When i go home these days its only for 1 or 2 nights and it doesnt feel like home cos something is missing MATT is and it will be fantastic when we are all home together.
He also got weighed and now 1627g so he is getting bigger. We spent the afternoon and night with him on Sunday making the most of the open cot i can get more contact with him. We were expecting him to be asleep but no he was awake and got some nice photos of him hopefully i will get to load them here. I held him while the nurse changed his bedding, not the hold where he is close to me but boy he is getting heavier, so cute he is. The way you comfort a preemie is cup his head so i was able to do that more and he played with my finger was nice not long now till we can have proper cuddles and into an open cot. All the wait will be worth it. As i say to Darryl this long road is coming to an end and a new journey will be here soon. Its hard to imagine it will be 4 yrs this week that i first found out i was pregnant 4 pregnancy's in 4 yrs and finally we are getting to keep this little one. All the wait is worth it cos Matt is a miracle and so beautiful to watch just watching his expressions we get to see his personality which is so cute.
We can already see some improvement from the surgery he is desating a lot less which is good so hopefully we can say the surgery is a success now all we have to do is let him recover and see the settings go down on the ventilator and move forward onto cpap then we will be closer to coming home. We go to Traralgon hospital before we come home completely but it will be nice to be living in our own house, i havent lived there properly since October 7th last year. When i go home these days its only for 1 or 2 nights and it doesnt feel like home cos something is missing MATT is and it will be fantastic when we are all home together.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Matt's surgery
Matt will be having his pda surgery either this weekend or monday. I am so hoping it goes well and fixes the problem so he can get off the ventalaiter. Its all very scary but we know its the best thing for him.
Also Matt had music therapy today and he coped very well so now he has his own ipod hooked up to his crib. Party at his place ;) He was very laid back its dreaming music which is supposed to help them if they are upset or need settling.
Today when he was getting suctioned just after mum and i saw a tear coming froming his eye it nearly made us cry but it was sooo cute, i know Darryl had seen him cry before but i hadnt.
Well id better go as i am in Moe and am heading back to Clatyon now
Also Matt had music therapy today and he coped very well so now he has his own ipod hooked up to his crib. Party at his place ;) He was very laid back its dreaming music which is supposed to help them if they are upset or need settling.
Today when he was getting suctioned just after mum and i saw a tear coming froming his eye it nearly made us cry but it was sooo cute, i know Darryl had seen him cry before but i hadnt.
Well id better go as i am in Moe and am heading back to Clatyon now
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Matt update
Just a small update on Matt, he got weighed on Wednesday and he lost 4g, he is on diaretics to help get rid of fluid on his lungs so they were expecting him to loose some weight but i was happy with only 4g. At the moment he is infection free he has had 2 infections in the last month so it feels like we havent moved forward off the ventalators but they are now starting to wean him off them and he is going ok but still desating his oxygen levels going up and down. This is due to him having immature lungs and his pda duct. I hope i will find out today what is going to happen with his pda duct i think he will need surgery to fix it since the medication didnt fix it and it is effecting him from moving on. So hopefully we will know today.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
New weight
On Saturday the nurses weighed Matt and he is now officially 1574g and on full milk feeds of 17mls every 2 hrs of my milk. The nurses said when they weighed him he was so relaxed and laid back and wished they had a camera to take his pic he was very similar to the following pic.
He is starting to be awake more often and really alert as you can see from the pics below a few of them have been taken at night time when we arent usually there so it was nice to get the pics and of course when i brought over all the good camera gear he was fast asleep luckily i have a small camera that i take in my hand bag but it doest give the same quailty as our digital slr.
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