Not only have they taken away Mattie's feeding tube, they've taken away his schedule, too! In the NICU, they do "care times" every three hours -- diaper changes, feeding, temperature checks, meds, etc. But now Mattie gets to feed "on demand." He gets fed when he acts like he wants to eat, but with no more than 4 hours between meals, and at each feeding he is allowed to eat as much as he can in 30 minutes. (They don't want to encourage snacking.) They have a minimum level of food that he needs to eat every 12 hours (right now that is 150 ml).We fed him today when we were there, and he did pretty well. But the side effect of having no feeding tube is that if he doesn't finish a meal, the leftovers get thrown away. It was rather painful to see my hard-earned milk tossed in the trash can!
The evening report was that Jamesie finally had a nice big pee (see, isn't this a refreshing change from the poop stories?) Hopefully that's a sign that he's starting to get rid of his extra fluid.
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If he only wants to eat every 3-4 hours once you get home, I will envy you immensely. :)
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