He's a Cutie

Hunter continues to grow. Last night he was up to 7 lbs, 11 oz. Even though he didn't gain any weight the night before, this gain is big enough to keep him on track for 2 oz per day.

Right now we're in one of those waiting times again. He still has an IV for his antibiotic, Nurse says it could be there for 2-7 days. I'd bet for the lower end since it's only precautionary and he doesn't actually have an infection.

There's no more blood in his pee, hooray! They are going to wait a little while before they try to do the urine collection again.

His oxygen is about the same. He's on 3 liters still, but the oxygen is turned down slightly to 72%. When we came in to visit him he was desaturating (the amount of oxygen in his blood was under 85%). This sets off alarms, which he doesn't like at all. All the babies in the NICU desat all the time so you are always hearing these alarms going off. It's not a big concern though because Hunter always gets himself back into a healthy range.

When Mommy and I were holding him, his respiratory rate and saturation improved again. He was breathing between 40-80 times per minute and he began to high sat (the amount of oxygen in his blood is over 95%). This also sets off an alarm, which he doesn't like at all.

Hunter is very popular in the NICU. Hunter only has one primary night time nurse, so we often have nurses who don't usually work with him. His primary night nurse loves the heck out of him though. Even the nurses who haven't worked with him before know who he is because "He's the baby that Night Nurse carries around and kisses on all the time."

Last night he had a different nurse. His primary night nurse was working, but just had other babies. In the time that we were there she came by three times to check on him and make googley faces at him. He's very lucky to have a great set of nurses who really care for him. I know his day nurses do, too.