Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Guess who is 4 pounds!

Forrest hit the 4 pound mark weighing in at 4 pounds .7 ounces last night. He is gaining weight so fast that it is a little hard to remember how tiny he was when he was born at 2 pounds 9.3 ounces.
He continues to do great up at the NICU. He is tolerating his feedings well and is continuing to progress in his feeding sessions with me.
He will have an eye exam sometime in the next few days with a pediatric eye doctor. They will dilate his eyes and check to make sure that his retina is progressing as it should for a preemie.
After talking to some of the nurses last night, they also seem to think he will move to a big boy crib sometime in a week or so.
His hemoglobin has come up just a little so they are continuing to give him iron and just watch him. Please continue to pray that they iron they are giving him will do the trick and he will begin producing red blood cells and that hemoglobin will come up.
Here are a couple new pictures of our boy...


Forrest with Daddy...


Forrest on Mommy's lap looking around...


Forrest saying "hi".

1 comment:

Evie Riek said...

you can really tell he is filling out in these pictures! We continue to keep your family in our prayers and hope that 2010 brings you peace and joy!