Hey,
Well he had lots of checks and all sees well with Ds, which in one way sia relief but which also in a way is not a relief as don’t know why his feeds dropped from a max of 4 oz to a max of one.
They plotted his weight on a chart..they said he was plodding a long nicely and this is a very very slight levelling off of the curve. They are putting him on a high calorie formula, a pharmacy near by will have them in tomorrow which I am glad about. They said for his size he is getting enough per day to keep him hydrated but not enough to get bigger. My concern was the drop in feeds, I feel there must be a reason, they said perhaps he had a slight viral infection that put him off his feeds but had no evidence of this.
They are going to monitor him so my PHN will call mid-week and I am back there this time next week, so I am glad about that.
I was in a friends afterwards collecting my DD and she thought DS had a coating on his tongue which looked like one both her LO’s ahd when they got Thrush, If that was the case that might explain it, I have an app with GP tomor, (had made this in advance when his feeds starting to drop a little), so I will ask her to check that….would love to find a cause for the feed drops.
I feel less worried knowing that the hospital is aware of it all and that he will be monitored.
Also his feeds seem a little better today…well in the evening but they are always in the evening so I will see how they are tomorrow.
I am glad he will be on a high calorie formula, with that and my determination to keep trying him with the bottle and to up his oz daily I feel optimistic.
Thanks for your messages, thoughts and hugs
