Caleb Update...

Hello Everyone,

OK...yell at me! It's been over a month since I posted information on Caleb, Josiah and Carrie. To say the least, our life has been anything but dull! :)

First off, Caleb is HOME!!! He came home a little over 3 weeks ago and is now almost 8 lbs and 21 inches long. I had quite an ordeal in the NICU at Sutter Memorial balancing being an advocate for Caleb and being considered "pushy".

We had a situation where Caleb's primary Neonatalogist wasn't able to round on him for a little over 3 weeks and the Neonatalogist who was substituting for him was to be kind...incompetent! She routinely made errors regarding his weight, when we would begin bottle feeding him, his corrected gestation age, etc. The straw that broke the proverbial camel's back was when she called to tell me that Caleb was consistently losing weight and they were going to discontinue ALL bottle feedings effectively pushing us back several weeks in treatment. When asked what weight she was referring to, she accurately quoted back to me the weights...Wednesday, 2519 g and Thursday, 2577 g. Call me crazy but that isn't a weight loss but a weight GAIN! When questioned repeatedly regarding this, she finally saw that it was a weight gain and then had the audacity to say that if I was at the NICU more often that I would understand. I guess in her mind being there 2x daily for 6.5 weeks at that time wasn't enough. :)

After having a lengthy conversation with the Nursing Director of the NICU, we had this Neonatalogist DC'd from caring for Caleb. Caleb sky rocketed after she was removed from care and he ended up leaving the NICU 8 days later. :)

Since then, we have had 4 doctor's visits...2 ped visits and 2 opthamalogist visits. The RESULT...Caleb is on a rocket launch for growth and length and his eyes are COMPLETELY NORMAL!!! Praise the Lord!!!

Josiah is such a joy to watch as a big brother! He is so gentle with Caleb and is showing no signs of jealousy! He is so incredibly smart...and it is so fun to watch him learn!

Carrie is doing excellent adjusting to having both boys home!