First of all, Isaac seems to be better today. His temperature the last time they checked before I got there tonight was 37.3 C (99 F) so he still has a slight fever. His CRP was at 0.3 again today. But more importantly, he definitely seemed like he had more strength today. He was completely limp last night but tonight, he actually was moving around a bit. He also finished his milk a lot quicker tonight compared with last night. He also whined a lot (he was literally making this whiny sound a lot) which I take as a good sign compared to him not making much of any noise at all yesterday. Please continue to pray that he will get better and better fast.
Isaac's primary nurse at GCU, Nurse Imai told me that Isaac's former primary nurse at NICU, Nurse Aayako claimed that she heard Isaac blabbling today (going bah bah bah). Jong saw Isaac briefly this morning before he headed to the airport for another trip and Jong claimed that he had Isaac mumbling. But I didn't hear anything except for crying and whining! Oh well.
Now onto the good news. I am going to take my first lesson to bathe Isaac this weekend. Plus we are going to try to have Isaac suckle directly from me this weekend as well! It will be only for 1-2 minutes but I am still very excited!!!!! They also increased Isaac's milk to 45 ml. Dr. Ishii does realize that Isaac wants more milk but he said that its bad for Isaac's body to have too much water inside because of his CLD so I guess Isaac has to be a little hungry for a while.
BUT the MOST EXCITING NEWS is Dr. Ishii said that barring any complications, he thinks he can discharge Isaac in early October!!!!!!! WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! This is the first time I heard an actual date from Dr. Ishii and I will take it! He did warn that it might not end up being early October but later in October. But he still said October!!!!!
Isaac is going to start getting a series of very important tests starting next week. He will get an EEG, an MRI and other tests. Please pray that the tests will show that Isaac's brains have not had any bleeds or trauma and that he is developing normally.
Please continue to pray for Isaac this month so that he can come home soon!!!!!
Thanks,
Sonia
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I definitely hope is early October that Isaac can go home so I can see him. :) I'll pray hard!
It's so good to hear great news! Let us rejoice and be glad in it. Finally, you can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I can't wait until he comes home. But even more immediately, I can't wait to hear about his bath and your experience breast feeding him.
Much love,
Mary
Amazing that it is as soon as October! I can imagine the true joy you are feeling right now! Keep Growing Isaac!
Anne
(from PROM group)
I was so worried about Issac's infection yesterday. What a great news regarding his scheduled departure date! Good luck this weekend with attempted breastfeeding. It's REALLY hard (at least it was for me) so don't get discouraged if the "latching" doesn't go successful in your first attempt!
Hope Jong's trip isn't as long as before!
SL
Yeah! Light at the end of the tunnel! You have a date (almost)!!!!
OCTOBER!!! Woohoo! This is great news and I am praying like crazy that it might even be a little earlier than that!!! I am hoping that you guys will soon be tired from having to get up in the middle of the night to take care of a demanding Isaac, I pray that your biggest issue will be all the laundry you will have once he gets home and that you will have no time to keep the house clean because you are so busy with him!!
It is so cute that you will be learning to give him a bath soon. It's so funny, because I had a 2.5 year old and a 16 month old at home already, but when I gave Sagan his first bath I was all butterfingers! Like it was the first bath that I had ever given a baby. The nurse was actually quite impatient with my work!! LOL! Sonia, you are going to do great this weekend!!
Love,
Susan
Praise God for this awesome update!!!
Sending my love, hugs, and more prayer!
Kim C.
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