Jacob is doing great! We've really been enjoying him. Hard to believe that he's been home a week as of last evening.
He's continuing to eat well and is still surpassing his minimum daily formula requirement.
Unfortunately, he has quite a bad case of diaper rash :-(. We noticed it the day after he came home from the hospital, so it must have started there and they just didn't notice it. His pediatrician says that the type of formula he is on tends to cause pretty loose stools which can cause bad diaper rash, especially on delicate skin like Jacob's. It's so bad that he has little bloody marks on his little butt, so we've been rinsing him off with warm water and the bulb syringe at every diaper change and then patting him dry and applying creamy Desitin. We're hoping this will help to clear it up. We have a follow-up appointment with the pediatrician on Friday anyway to check his weight and growth, so we'll talk to her about it again on Friday if it doesn't seem to be getting any better.
Little Jacob has quite the appointment book so far. I had discharge instructions to call several doctors for follow up appointments. So far, he has the follow up appointment with the pediatrician this Friday and then next Friday he goes to a GI doctor to have his liver function checked since he had elevated levels on his last blood panel at the hospital. Then on October 4th, he goes to see a Urologist for a follow up on his hypospadius. I still have to make a follow up appointment for his ROP and schedule a consult with Tiny Tim, a developmental therapy group. These appointments will be his only time out of the house, as we have strict orders from his pediatrician not to take him out around people until he is at least 11 to 12 pounds as a simple cold or other virus could kill him.
We've been snapping some pictures and will post them soon!
Thanks to everyone for your continued support and prayers!
posted by Deb Shrieves at 12:48 PM
