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Jaxson is continuing to impress us with his weight gain. He is 7 lbs 2.2 oz! By the way, he's still not eating. After a scary weekend, he has definitely had some big improvements. He was put back on a ventilator Friday because he aspirated. They took him off the vent Saturday afternoon and put him back on his canula. His blood cultures came back positive for infection last week, so they are continuing to treat that with gentamycin and ampicillan. He is also getting lactobacillus to replace the "good bacteria" that is being killed. He also had a positive test result for clostridium difficile. This is because he's on so many antibiotics. But they are treating his c. diff with Flagyl. His CBC showed that his platelets were up to 71 today, which is a huge improvement. That's the highest they've been without him having a transfusion. Hopefully, that's because everything is starting to get better! He also had good reports on his KUB today (tummy x-ray). Dr. Bruce said he was impressed with Jaxson's numbers today.
I just spoke to his nurse a few minutes ago. She said his eye exam came back clear, and he no longer has ROP (retinopathy of prematurity). We are very thankful for that! Now, he won't have to have another eye exam until he's a year old. Dr. Bruce is not planning to feed him today, and Dr. Bierd will be here starting tomorrow. We're not sure when he'll get to eat again, but he doesn't seem too upset or hungry.