Daddy got to hold Aegean for the first time since the delivery room. He is small, which makes him even cuter. His nurse found blood in his stool during his next changing. Dr. Mah brought in an x-ray machine to look at his colon. He discontinued feeding and prescribed antibiotics. The two potential concerns he had were that Aegean had necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) or allergies to food. NEC is a condition that occurs premies. The tissue in the bowels begin to die. It is usually caused by bacteria. Dr. Mah said he was not too worried, but that they take everything seriously in the NICU. I was not too worried until I looked the condition up on the internet. I called in just before bed to see how he was. Apparently he did not have any other NEC symptoms. Food allergies sounded better to me, but finding the allergy would take time. If he has allergies, he will not be able to gain enough weight to come home until the allergy is resolved.
Cambria is doing very well. She is out of the isolette (incubator) and can regulate her own temperature. She had her IV removed and is getting all of her nutrients from a combination of breastmilk supplemented with premie formula. Dr. Mah thinks she will be nearly ready to come home in 2 weeks. Two weeks would be 36 weeks into pregnancy. Babies are not released before they reach the 36 week mark.
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