Jacob gained 55 grams last night.  His biggest gain yet!  They also tried to put a new central line in his arm today. The same thing happened as before, it curled under his arm.  They pulled it back a bit and hope that it will …

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Jacob gained 40 grams last night and is now past his birth weight!  He is doing well in that department.  He was great yesterday until the evening.  His oxygen saturation levels were down into the low 80’s when they should be about 90-91%.  They had …

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Jacob gained 45 grams last night. 13 more to go and he is past his birth weight!  What a wonderful Mother’s day present.  Jacob got Mommy her first Mother’s Day card and bought her a new book called Preemies which is of course about premature …

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Jacob had another good day yesterday and gained 15 grams of weight.  He was out for about an hour without a ventilator on he was opening his eyes quite wide and recognized Mom.  We are hoping that we will be able to hold him shortly …

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Another pretty good day for Jacob.  He slept for most of the day but he woke up in time for me to visit him.  Laura Jayne and I got to hold him outside the incubator last night for about 30 minutes each.  He was wide …

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Jacob had a bad day yesterday.  The doctors put in a new central line (an IV feed into his arm that goes to the chest cavity).  They gave him a narcotic to ease the pain and it stopped his heart.  They then gave him another …

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