This is Wendy writing... I'm getting a break from Mom duties while Colin feeds Lucas. The poor guy had a rough day today. He got circumcised. It didn't go so well. He bled quite a bit, even at the beginning of the procedure when he received the shot of local anesthetic. The pediatrician said that the amount of bleeding was not normal, but told me not to worry...hard for a mother to do! The Dr. gave Luke a Vitamin K shot after the procedure was over -- I'm assuming it was for the bleeding, or because of the bleeding.
Anyway...please pray for his recovery. He's still bleeding -- not a ton, but I think it should've stopped by now. He's also very irritable, which is exhausting!
Enough of the negative...here's the good stuff!
Lucas weighed in at 7 lbs. 11 oz. today! The kid is amazing! He left the hospital 10 days ago -- weighing 6 lbs. 8 oz. and has gained 19 oz. since! Almost 2 oz. a day! The Dr. said that we could reduce the calories in his formula and the Nurse Practitioner said that "he's just a regular baby now!"
The cool thing...Jake was 7 lbs 11 oz. at birth. Then he lost weight and took 5 weeks to gain it back. Luke is 8 weeks ahead of what Jake was according to gestational age. That just blows my mind!
God is good!
Thanks for the prayers! Keep them coming!
Wendy (Colin, Jake, & Luke too!)
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The godfather's network of informers obviously didn't keep me up to speed on the latest blog post. If I would have known about the circumcision, I could have had the UPC moile come over for the special event. Oh, well. Luke's such a trooper, I sure he is better by now.
All our love to the quartet.
Don Tomas
We're all dying for an update! :(
I'm a friend of Angela's and my son is currently in the NICU soon to go home. He hasn't been circumcised yet and I hope he doens't have similar issues as your son that sounds horrid! My son is up to 6lbs 6ounces but still has his feeding tube in. We're trying to work on the right balance of calories vs him feeding on his own and gaining weight.
Your son sounds like he's doing awesome, that gives me faith ours will do well when he's home too :).
Keep hanging in there I'm sure it gets easier with time!
Sarah
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