Coburn Kids

All of Caden’s test results came back negative.  No infection, nothing viral, everything is great. We don’t have a reason for what happened but Suzanne stated she thought it could have been either an aspiration or some blockage from mucus maybe. She really believes it was the bagging that brought him back, that cleared up his airway. She was so sweet, she couldn’t stop thinking about us the other night after she went home. The scary thing about all this is that if it had happened at home she felt it would have been just a SIDS case. There would have been no warning, he didn’t cry or grunt or make a sound when it happened.  You could have been in the same room and not have known something was going on. If it was the bagging that brought him back then again, I couldn’t blow hard enough to have done anything with CPR. It will be written as an ALTE (apparent life-threatening event) and we’ll have to hope that it doesn’t happen again.

Caden is up to 7lb. 4oz. now! He’s just under 19 inches long so he’s getting big. He has a mobile over his open crib now and a travel swing he loves to sit in.  He’s still perfectly bald and I love that. He’s taking between 25-35 ml’s every other feeding by bottle.  So still about half. Suzanne gave me a crash course in how to place his NG tube the other day.  Really doesn’t seem hard, it’s just managing to hold down the baby, get it placed, then taping it to his face.  I imagine after a couple of times I’ll be a pro at it.  Other good news is that Caden hasn’t needed his oxygen when doing his bottle feeds lately.

We are anxiously awaiting Wednesday to see his ROP test results again. We’ll see if there’s any change or if we’ll be going on our 4th week with no changes. We’re waiting for either his eyes to hit Zone 3 vascularization or for his ROP to get better. Besides that he continues to grow and get bigger every day.