Carter has doubled his birth weight and now weighs 6.55 kilos (14 lbs, 7oz). He is 26 inches long, up 4 inches from birth. He's still barely on the growth chart, but he's ON it and gaining each week--that's all that matters. Great job big boy!
Over the last 48 hours, Carter's really been gagging and vomiting more than usual. For example, he threw up
FIVE SIX SEVEN times after his 9am feed. He's also not sleeping well, which is very unlike Carter. He's like his mommy and LOVES sleep. He's been vomiting even at times he NEVER yacks. (Shanda: I'll never say that word again w/o thinking of you--in a good way!) Dr. B made a good call and told us to take him to the pediatrician this morning--he has his first cold! :( The "c" word causes great distress to the parents of CDH kids, but his lungs sounded clear this morning. We'll have to keep a close eye on him and do lots of NG feeds, as he can't breathe well through his nose, which makes it hard to drink from a bottle, setting us in backward motion on the feeding issue. Looks like we'll be putting that suction bulb to lots of use (as a side note, Brad thinks if you are a bad person in this life, you are reincarnated as one of these!).
We want to take this moment to remind everyone that we CAN NOT have visitors. We know you are all anxious to see Carter and want so badly to be able to help us, by bringing food and offering to do things around the house. The very best things you can do for us are continue to keep Carter in your prayers (especially right now, that his lungs stay clear) and not visit or send meals to our home. Even sending things through a third party is risky because it still exposes him to outside germs. We do not want to seem ungrateful, because we truly appreciate your thoughtfulness, but we must do what we can to limit his exposure to germs and viruses.
Although the weather is warm, he's still at great risk for becoming deathly ill. The flu has just now become "widespread" across North Carolina and is expected to
peak during the month of April.
