Hudson has been learning to take all of his feedings by mouth. There are four stages and he was cruzing through them- he had made it to stage three in just three days. Then, Saturday the nurses found blood in his stools. They made the decision to stop his feeds and give him all nutrients through an IV until they knew what was causing the blood. They started him on antibiotics which will last until this Saturday.
(Poor thing has had an empty belly for five days and he is trying so hard to be pleasant about it. His binky has been his best friend this week.)
His IVs keep going bad and they've poked him so many times that he was running out of viens for them to use. We decided to have a PICC line put in. The PICC line is basically a permanent IV. They thread a tube through one of his main veins and up to his heart. It can be pretty dangerous but the x-rays show that everything went okay. The good news is that the PICC line can last up to 30 days without going bad so little Hudson will have a break from being poked so much.
On a happy note: Hudson has completely weened off oxygen and is breathing room air. This is a big deal to us since the oxygen he would be sent home on is 100% whereas they dilude it in the hospital. 100% oxygen can be bad for babies eyes. Yay for not coming home on oxygen!
He is also gaining weight (starting to look plump and healthy), maintaining his own body temperature, and definately remembers eating. As soon as he is able to, I have a feeling he'll be cruzing through the stages again.
(P.S.) Here's what Peggy's scrapbook page looks like when its not in pieces:
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