Cameron's Fashion Show

Hard to believe it’s already been 8 weeks. Cameron continues to make progress, although it’s been a lot of ‘two steps forward, one step back’ this week. His hernia surgery on Monday went really well, although they did have to intibate him for the surgery. Afterwards he went back onto the CPAP, no problem. They also put him in a big boy crib after his surgery! So, no more ‘incubator’. Monday night his IV went bad and as a result they stopped his Fentanyl (pain killer), which they had been trying to taper down. Good news is no more IV! Bad news is Cameron had some nasty withdrawal symptoms on Tuesday so he is now on Morphine. By Thursday he was ready to come off of the CPAP and try a nasal cannula. He did great Thursday night and most of Friday, but by Friday night he started to have some ‘episodes’ of dropping his heart rate and breathing. They thought this could have been partially due to having some acid reflux from the increased feedings. So they started him on some meds for that on Sat, but by Sat night, they had to put him back onto the CPAP and they also pulled some blood work. Today he was still having some issues, and his blood work came back with a low platelet count, so they are giving him a transfusion this afternoon.

Now for the fun stuff! We got to give Cameron his first bath on Wednesday night (first bath that we gave him, not his first since he was born of course). He loved it! He was so good and seemed to like the water. Afterwards, I wrapped him up in a warm towel and he just dozed right off. We also got to start putting him in outfits this week since his IV was out. For now, he can only wear outfits that button in the front, nothing that has to be pulled over his head (like onesies). We found a couple cute premie outfits for him, and also tried out a couple of the smaller ‘newborn’ outfits we have. As you can tell from the pics below, they are still a bit big on him. Now that he’s not under that heat lamp anymore, and doesn’t have any IVs stuck in his arms, he loves to be clothed and swaddled. We also got to put up his mobile this week! I didn’t think they would let you bring in stuff like that, but the nurses actually suggested it and Cameron loves it. It plays 4 different music pieces and has little hanging animals and leaves that spin around. No pics of that yet, but we’ll have some soon. Thanks to Bill and Mary Hughes and family for sending the mobile!

Hope you enjoy the below pics. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving week! We will definitely be giving thanks this week for our little angel and all of our wonderful and supportive family and friends (and of course our new NICU family).

This little Winnie the Pooh outfit is adorable!

Doesn't he look comfy?

So nice to be able to finally see his face!

I know, this pic looks a little weird. That's the CPAP on his head and the outfit is a bit too large, so he looks kind of silly. Don't worry, we swaddled him up after this pic and made him all comfy.