I just wanted to post quickly and let everyone know that Owen is still at Meriter. On Monday his regular doctor was back, thankfully. She is not overly concerned about his slight fever. She said it very well could just be the blood causing issues. Or it could be a viral infection. Either way, it's fairly normal. They did one final round of antibiotics on him yesterday morning. The IV has been removed again. Hopefully that is the last of them.
Right now her concern is the fact that he isn't back up to his birth weight. She said it isn't a huge concern and he isn't down drastically but she'd like to seem him gain. He seems to lose and gain, lose and gain. Since Sunday night, he has taken to spitting up when he eats. Sometimes it is just a small amount, sometimes he's borderline projectile. Again, she's isn't too concerned about that as long as he continues to gain. Yesterday we were testing different ways of feeding to see if that stops the spitting. If he is practically sitting up when he eats, when he is burped, and for a short time aftewards he does better. His overall consumption seems to be down though. Yesterday, they started to add calories to his breast milk. Basically, they are adding a teaspoon of formula in hopes that the extra calories stick to his bones. Those chicken legs need it.
The doctor just want to keep an eye on him. She says that she wants to have him in the best possible shape he can be in before she sends him home so we don't have to worry. Like that is going to stop the worrying and obsessiveness? Ha!
We are heading back again for the day shortly. Brendan stayed at Grandma's last night. The poor kid is having a hard time with all this running. He just wants to be home---and who can blame him?
We may attempt to take Brendan back with us tomorrow and venture over to the zoo for something to do. We'll see though.
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