Monday, May 27, 2013

Despite Not Feeling 100% and Getting Shots Leo Continues to Grow!

Yesterday Leo ran a very low fever for a few hours in the morning and also had a very high respiration rate so the doctor wouldn't let Leo do any bottle feeding and ordered a chest x-ray and blood work for the morning.  This morning the doctor reviewed the tests and said his lungs still look good and his blood work came back normal. He had one of his shot overnight the night before so it was probably because of that.   His respiration rate also lowered.  Because of this, we were able to try some bottle feeding today.  Leo was really crabby and his nose was all stuffed up so our bottle feeding did not go well this afternoon.  They will try again this evening and overnight.  Hopefully this week will bring Leo some good luck.  Once he's able to take all his bottle each day he can come home.  To me this seems like a REALLY BIG task.  But, I think once Leo actually gets an entire week without shots and being sick he will make really great progress.  Hopefully that's this week!



Leo's growing quickly.  He's almost 18 inches long and at 5 lbs. 12 oz.  he's reaching the 6 lb. mark!  This was our attempt to get a picture of how long and big he's getting, but the little guy didn't want to cooperate - He looks pretty goofy.  As you can see, Leo has an obsession with having at least on of his hands up by his face at all times. 

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