Maks had a better day today! His hematocrit was around 31.5, but Dr. Jenkins is on today, and he doesn't automatically transfuse below 35 like Dr. Anschutz does. Since Maks had a good night with few bradys and desats, Dr. Jenkins decided not to give him blood today. He also decided to discontinue the iron supplement to see if it will help reduce his bilirubin.
I think I forgot to mention yesterday that Maks reached 3 pounds! Today he is 3 pounds and 1 ounce. He is really growing and is up to 30ml of breast milk every 3 hours, which is a whole ounce! He has come so far from the 1ml we started at several weeks ago.
The best part about today is that we got to take a shot at breast feeding. I wasn't really expecting it to be very successful, but Maks was a trooper and latched on several times! Hopefully with more and more practice every day, we can work actual breast feeding into his meal routine.
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