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Day 39: October 25

October 26, 2010 by melragent Leave a Comment

Well, according to Theresa this is going to be a big week for Mr. Sam.  A few major goals have been set for him, and if he can meet them, it would be fantastic!  Here are the goals, as I understand them: Advance to 15 MLs per feed Discontinue the Fat Emulsion Discontinue the HA (vitamin and … [Read more...] about Day 39: October 25

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Day 38: October 24

October 25, 2010 by melragent 1 Comment

This will be a quick post, as there was not much time to visit Sam today.  Between getting back from Sausalito and getting things ready for Irene's birthday party, Sam had to take a back seat.  I didn't even hold him today- which means he didn't get to do a cannula sprint.  I guess I will just have … [Read more...] about Day 38: October 24

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Day 37: October 23

October 25, 2010 by melragent Leave a Comment

Today, Peter and did a divide and conquer.  We had a lot planned for the day, and the only way to pull it off was to split tasks.  I was assigned a hospital visit and Peter was assigned to go with Irene to the Thornhill walkathon.  We were then going to meet up at 4 at my parents, deposit Irene for … [Read more...] about Day 37: October 23

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Day 36: October 22

October 23, 2010 by melragent 2 Comments

First and foremost... i want to warn everyone that most likely there will be no update tomorrow, 10/23.  It is Peter's birthday and a wedding reception for a friend, so Peter and I are actually taking a night off and going out. Today was probably my favorite day to date.  Sam was doing well, I … [Read more...] about Day 36: October 22

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Day 35: October 21 (Sam is now 5 weeks old!)

October 22, 2010 by melragent 1 Comment

So, no news is really good news.  Sam is just doing great.  They have upped his feeds to 7 MLs every 3 hours and tomorrow they will start to increase his feeds until Sam is up to 15 MLs every 3 hours or a grand total of 120 MLS (4 ozs) every day.  Once he reaches this milestone, the staff will look … [Read more...] about Day 35: October 21 (Sam is now 5 weeks old!)

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