Oliver is 12 weeks today, weighing 5 lbs and 3 oz. While his weight gain has been great, his doctors are concerned about his lack of growth length wise. I keep telling him that's just how my boys roll, but they want to start supplimenting his milk with high protein formula. Looks like I'm also going to start on a protein suppliment, too. Yuck.
Oliver's ROP continues to get worse. This week, his eye team decided to try drug therapy to delay the needed surgery. He received an injection of Avastin, which is a cancer treatment, into his right eye yesterday. Assuming he has no adverse reactions to it, he'll get the injection in his left eye tomorrow. The surgeon is hoping that this will buy about a month so that his eye sight will continue to mature, as well as his lungs.
Other than that, Oliver is doing great. He's eating well, and gaining lots of weight. I think we're going to take Thanksgiving dinner out to him on Thursday, not that he can enjoy it, but his nurses can. We test drove minivans today, hoping we'll have a bigger vehicle by the time we bring him home.
Nathaniel got a haircut last week. Doesn't he look like a big boy?
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
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