Ethan Glenn

My Miracle boy!! Now on to the man in my life that fills my heart with so much joy, yet he is still so little. I never knew I could love someone so small and love him so much in so little time. He is my heart. He has had a long journey so far, and he has many more weeks to go, but we are so proud of how well he is doing this far. He was placed on a ventilator once he was born and he was on that for 3 days, He was then placed on an oxygen cannula through his nose. He was on that for 2 days before he pulled it out and decided that he wanted to breathe the air that mommies breathe. He has had 2 blood transfusions for his white and red blood cells, which both are fine now. He was on insulin for a while because he wasn't able to keep his blood sugar regulated by himself, but he is now off of that. He has been off of his IV's for about 3-4 days now and is doing awesome. He does get caffeine to help him remember to breathe, which at times he does forget, that is called apnea. He also has Brady's which is where his heart rate drops and he needs to be stimulated to it to return to normal. This is perfectly normal for a preemie at his age, and the Dr said he will grow out of it later on. He is eating 20ml of breast milk every 3hrs through a feeding tube, and usually has no residual in his belly when they check it before his next feeding. His feeding does get changed each day to increase it by 2ml a day. He now weighs 2lbs 3.8oz and is continuing to get bigger and bigger! All of the nurses say he truly is a miracle baby because at his gestational age he hasn't had near as many problems as he could have had. I love him so much, and will now be updating my blog with his progress. He is estimated to come home in about 2 months. Mommies love you Ethan!!!