Logan is 16 days old today! We had originally been told that if he made it past the first 2 weeks he would most likely make it. We know we have a very long journey ahead of us, but we are grateful to be past one milestone.
This weekend was a pretty big one for little Logan. He had a broviac put in on Saturday afternoon. The broviac is a long-term IV that took the place of the line that had originally been put in his belly button. This line had to be put in because his veins are just too small for the picc line that was attempted twice. The line will be used for giving Logan medicine and fluids, and is the best alternative to him having to be poked all the time with temporary IVs. Logan did great during the surgery - no problems at all. The looks of it scared Mom and Dad quite a bit, but he was feisty as ever yesterday! For the first time, he had a nurse we didn't care much for. But he gave her a hard time all day by constantly setting off his alarms, so we were proud of him for that : ) Logan also received the last of his medication for the hole in his heart. He has a chest ultrasound on it today to see if the hole closed or not. If it didn't, we are likely looking at a second surgical procedure. It breaks our hearts to think that he will have had 2 surgeries before he is 3 weeks old, but it will most likely have to happen to prevent other potential heart and lung issues.
Overall though, he did have a good weekend. He got his first feeding of breastmilk yesterday! A whole 1/2 mL, which is about 2 drops. Hopefully he tolerated it well. He also put on some weight. As of yesterday morning, he was weighing in at 530 grams! That's a whole 100 grams over his birth weight! He now is about 1 pound 3 ounces! Now that he's eating, we're hoping he will continue to put on the weight. We're pretty confident that he will like eating as much as his dad does : )
Please continue to pray for Logan as we enter another week of uncertainity.
Love,
Meghann, Lance and Logan
This weekend was a pretty big one for little Logan. He had a broviac put in on Saturday afternoon. The broviac is a long-term IV that took the place of the line that had originally been put in his belly button. This line had to be put in because his veins are just too small for the picc line that was attempted twice. The line will be used for giving Logan medicine and fluids, and is the best alternative to him having to be poked all the time with temporary IVs. Logan did great during the surgery - no problems at all. The looks of it scared Mom and Dad quite a bit, but he was feisty as ever yesterday! For the first time, he had a nurse we didn't care much for. But he gave her a hard time all day by constantly setting off his alarms, so we were proud of him for that : ) Logan also received the last of his medication for the hole in his heart. He has a chest ultrasound on it today to see if the hole closed or not. If it didn't, we are likely looking at a second surgical procedure. It breaks our hearts to think that he will have had 2 surgeries before he is 3 weeks old, but it will most likely have to happen to prevent other potential heart and lung issues.
Overall though, he did have a good weekend. He got his first feeding of breastmilk yesterday! A whole 1/2 mL, which is about 2 drops. Hopefully he tolerated it well. He also put on some weight. As of yesterday morning, he was weighing in at 530 grams! That's a whole 100 grams over his birth weight! He now is about 1 pound 3 ounces! Now that he's eating, we're hoping he will continue to put on the weight. We're pretty confident that he will like eating as much as his dad does : )
Please continue to pray for Logan as we enter another week of uncertainity.
Love,
Meghann, Lance and Logan
2 comments:
We keep praying and God keeps answering prayer. While we know he is not out of the woods yet, we also know that God must have a plan for him. God is good all the time. Praying for all of you and love you so very much.
Grammy and Bob
Love the pictures!!! Logan looks SOOOOO good and we are so glad to hear that he is finally eating! Its amazing what small milestones will mean so much to you. Logan is surrounded with so much love and prayer and God has been working miracles! He is a true blessing and a beautiful baby. We will keep praying for him and loving him more everyday. We love you, Rich, Kristin and Nickolas
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