They have now switched Kaden over to Neosure a preemie similac formula in anticipation of his discharge! Since Friday night he has continued to wake up on his own for feedings and take bottles orally. His brady spells now usually only occur in relation to him eating or burping, which they say is typical of preemies and he self recovers himself very quickly from the spell and in time he should grow out of those spells. Depending on the pattern and how many brady spells he has in the next few days will determine if he will go home with monitors or not. Now they have changed his feeding routine to him calling the shots, meaning instead of us just routinely feeding him every three hours either orally or through his NG, we feed him when he wants to be fed! Their goal for him is to take at least 143 mL or almost 5oz orally in a 12 hour shift and continue to gain weight with that. The nurse practitioner told me she anticipates that if he continues at his current rate he would be home potentially by next weekend or so!

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