We made some great progress this week with his infection-all of his cultures have been negative but he needs to stay on some pretty strong antibiotics for the next 30 days... that need to be administered intraveneously. While he was still considered to have the infection they didn't want to implant a pic line or any foreign body as they are known to harbour bacteria. In the meantime they placed IVs in every vein they could find in his tiny little body and blew them all out. This morning we were told that he would need to have surgery to implant a central line to administer the antibiotics and take blood, etc. The pediatric surgeon from St. Christopher's came up to perform the surgery. They cut a small incision on his neck and accessed the "jugular" vein and burrowed the implant in and back out of his side. This should stay in place for the next month so that the stresses that we have gone through on a daily basis regarding piclines and IVs should hopefully go away.
Both boys are 1lb 13oz and some change. They are looking like babies and outgrowing their "preemie" look. It's hard to keep in perspective how small they still are because compared to how small they were a few weeks ago they are really big! We have to get over the 2lb hump! Both boys have also entered the respiratory phase where their chests tighten and they need to give them "inhalers" in their vents. Also typical for preemies-nothing out of the ordinary. The boys will not have fully developed lungs like the rest of us until they are 6 or 7 but most will outgrow their respiratory issues at that point.
I try to always end on a good note...changed both of the boy's diapers today...I am shocked out how much poo those little boys make...shocked!
Cameron earlier this week-so freakin cute sucking on his vent like a paci
Cameron again, a little swollen from his meds, more pics of Brody to come
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