Coburn Kids

Daniel and I were able to go up to the hospital last night together. This was a particularly special occassion as I was going to feed Caden. First off, the nipples they are trying him on now, called Pigeons, were huge! I mean seriously big for his mouth. This little boy is so eager to eat and there’s just not enough options in nipples as they are either too small or too big. There’s literally nothing in-between. I was able to get about 4 ml’s down him in a 1/2 hour though with only one coughing episode. The he decided to desat a little bit and just wanted to go to sleep.

His head is getting lop-sided, the nurses are favoring his left side a bit too much. It’s not freaky lop-sided yet but noticeable.

I see I completely forgot to post that he had another ROP test for his eyes. He now has ROP (retinopathy of prematurity) at a Stage I in both eyes. For those wondering what this is:

ROP occurs when abnormal blood vessels grow and spread throughout the retina, the tissue that lines the back of the eye. These abnormal blood vessels are fragile and can leak, scarring the retina and pulling it out of position. This causes a retinal detachment. Retinal detachment is the main cause of visual impairment and blindness. Most babies who develop ROP have stages I or II. However, in a small number of babies, ROP worsens, sometimes very rapidly. Untreated ROP threatens to destroy vision.

It can progress very rapidly but at Stage I is considered mild and he will outgrow and most likely have normal vision. He’s at risk later on for things like lazy eye, crossed-eyes and more but nothing serious. They’ll do another ROP test next week just to make sure that it’s not progressing.

We have Adessa’s appointment this afternoon up at Primary Children’s Hospital for her echo and we’ll post later with the results on that.