Malou is here to visit!

I posted pics at lunch but I will post them here too.  I got some one on one time with Wes and fed him his bottle and he did great.  

Passed out after his bottle.

Then tonight my mom (Malou) came into town

She gave him a bottle and enjoyed every minute!

Guessing games

As I posted on Facebook it isn't for certain if he will go home Tuesday.  I had planned to take Wednesday off because the dr seemed like it wasn't going to be a problem.  Now I learn it might be.  They shouldn't have told me a day if that was the case they should have given me a range.  Anyway we will keep trucking.  He is still doing great and they got his little surgery site to stop bleeding.  Our visit was short bc we had to go home to get house ready for shower this weekend.  My mom comes tomorrow so I wanted it mostly done before she got here too.

This little guy is my world!

Tuesday is the day!

Wesley had lots happen today.  Some good and some were bad but in the end all good! When I got there at lunch I saw in his chart there was an order to pull his NG tube yay! It was still in but his nurse was on lunch.  

Last photo with NG tube!

The dr came in and said they were about to do his circumcision.... After nurse came back from lunch they whisked him away to snip him :(  I couldn't stay bc I had to go back to work. 

When Joe and I came back the tube was gone yay!

Poor guy is bleeding a good but and they have him pressure wrapped.  He is still in good spirits though.

Wesley is scheduled to come home on Tuesday! It's nice to finally have a day!

Wisechoice makes the news paper and Wes is trying to hurry home

Today the reptile rescue I help was on the front page of the paper and I was a part of it.  It was even in the Lafayette paper! 

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20140707/SPORTS06/307070028/Couple-nurses-exotic-animals-back-health-Red-s-Misfit-Menagerie?nclick_check=1

Wesley is still doing great with the bottle. They have increased his feeding amount and have orders to feed him every other feeding and offer as tolerated.  So far he has nippled every feeding and done great!  Today daddy had a turn:

Wesley sucked down 45 mLs in 8 minutes! Then daddy burped him :

Then he had a head rush haha!

Happy baby is back!

Getting close to discharge day!

At my lunch break today I went to see Wesley.  Got there just in time for the eye doctor and I wish I wasn't there.  It all looks so barbaric with the nurse holding his arms down and his head still while the dr puts in the metal eyelid retractor that keeps his eyes open. Poor baby was screaming 😢

Then I was the good guy and soothed his tears. 

I signed the forms to get him snipped this week and I took the discharge class.  Dr B wrote orders that they could offer bottle more if ready.

When joe and I came tonight the nurse said she was going to give bottle at 8 and asked if I wanted to.  Of course I did!

So I did and he did pretty good! You could tell he was still not sure about it bc he would breathe heavy after sucking a while but he downed it in 15 min.

Then he was in a milk coma

Still don't know when we are going home but it is definitely close :) maybe next week.

Never ceases to amaze us all!

Wesley is still a bottle champion.  They only give them 20 minutes a feeding to eat and what ever is left they give in the nasal gastric tube.  Well so far he has finished in 15, 18, 13, and 10 minutes!  They can't believe for his size and age how well he is doing.  He is still crying some but not like yesterday.  I forgot he got a vaccine which is probably why he was crying yesterday. He weighs 4# 14.7 oz so close to 5 lb club!

Here he is on a shift change.  Nurse changing his diaper and clothes ☺️

Joe was posing Wesley in positions having a little too much fun 😝

Then baby momma Jean came for a visit and held him for the first time and he was  listening to what she had to say:

Tomorrow is his eye recheck so please say some prayers!

9 weeks!

Wesley is already upgraded to twice a day bottle! 

We had some nice one on one time today while daddy had other things he needed to take care of.  I did have to see Wesley crying for the first time and I wanted to cry with him poor guy. But before he cried I got some happy baby shots

Love this little man!