It's time for another Carter update and we have so much to report. I'll try to do a quick rundown so there's room for pictures.
- We spent Easter week in Ohio with the Dreyers and while we were up there, we took Carter to Cincinnati Children's Hospital for a consultation with their neonatologist/therapy/nutrition team. They gave us lots of suggestions and thought he looks great! They were very impressed that he has no pulmonary issues. He flirted with all the ladies and made lots of friends. We decided to make the 12 hour drive up there overnight and Carter slept the entire drive. Those NG tube feeds come in handy on long trips :) Nash and Kelly were so sweet to let us crash with them and fed us lots of yummy food--Skyline Chili and ribs from Montgomery Inn. Ella and Will were great entertainment and Carter really enjoyed watching them play. I think he was in awe because he's never really been around little kids before. Luckily, they were out of school for Spring Break, so they didn't expose Carter to those icky munchkin germs. Brad even had the honor of watching "High School Musical 3" with Ella!
- Carter started trying to combat crawl while we were in Ohio while reaching for Ella & Will's Easter eggs!
- Carter's FIRST tooth popped through today! I will try to catch a photo, but everytime we try to see it, Carter sticks out his tongue.
- He had his FIRST well-baby check at the pediatrician today. It's a small world because his pediatrician told us that she went to medical school in Louisville with the neonatologist we saw in Cincinnati! Carter weighed in at 15 pounds, 6 ounces and 26 1/2 inches long. That's a 1/2 pound gain in a week. He also got his 6 month vaccinations, so he was not a happy baby.
- We have been given about 3 months to make progress with his feeds before it's time for the g-tube. The team at Cincinnati say the "window" of feeds is around 9-10 months and if he's not PO feeding by then, it's time for a g-tube. I think the team at Duke agrees, except they don't think we should wait that long.
- He's now on 26 kcal/oz formula (normal formula is 20 kcal/oz) and we were able to cut back on the volumes just slightly to 800 mLs/day. The goal is to get to 900 mLs/day but we have to make those adjustments very slowly.
And now for many pictures because I just couldn't decide which ones to post...
Prayer Bear "Hope" went on the trip, too! Hope spent every single day in Carter's bed in the NICU so we feel like she's our lucky charm.
Will got out his Doctor kit and checked Carter's heart. Sounds good!
Ella buried Carter in all of her stuffies while he laughed and laughed. Can you find him?
Trying to crawl!
Kelly & I went shopping and found these monkey sunglasses
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