Daddy holds for the 1st time

Zane has maintained his saturation's on CPAP, his feeds have also been increased and TPN/IL have been stopped.  Now it is a matter of just feeding and growing for the next few weeks.  This is not to say that it is clear sailing but hopefully only minor bumps along the road.  Because he has been so stable dad decided he would hold Zane and he did a great job.

One of the problems that Zane will run into right now is growing, breast milk only has @ 20 calories, Samantha's milk will be tested to see if the calorie content is higher than 20,  next week. Otherwise the MD/NNP's will push to add additives to his milk. One of the problems with additives is that is changes the osmolarity of the breast milk and this can lead to gut problems, especially since he already had a perforation of his gut. We have agreed that beneprotein can be added as this will help his brain grow. I will continue to watch how he does each day and how he tolerates his feedings and the added calories can be revisited next week.